Countdown Script?

[Tormentor667]

Hi, another Question from me :)

I want to create a Countdown Script, that counts to zero (00:00) from 5 Minutes (05:00). For this I would like to use the following countdown HUDMSG command:

script 111 (void)
{
hudmessage (s:"Timer:\n, s:"05:00"; HUDMSG_PLAIN, 2, CR_WHITE, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0);
delay (35);
hudmessage (s:"Timer:\n, s:"04:59"; HUDMSG_PLAIN, 2, CR_WHITE, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0);
delay (35);
[...]
}

This Scipt would show a countdown number in the top-left screencorner and every second, it would refresh! The problem about it: I don't want to finish this script by writing down about 300 "hudmessages" with the 0x:xx changed every step. Is there a better way to realise this?! (plz gimme the complete script then!)

[Anders]

try something like this.

script 111 (int counttime) {
	int i;
	int mins, secs;
	str minfill, secfill;
	for (i = counttime; i >= 0; i--) {
		mins = i / 60;
		secs = i % 60;

		if (mins >= 10)
			minfill = "";
		else
			minfill = "0";
	
		if (secs >= 10)
			secfill = "";
		else
			secfill = "0";

		hudmessage(s:"Timer:\n", s:minfill, d:mins, s:":", s:secfill, d:secs; HUDMSG_PLAIN, 2, CR_WHITE, 1.0, 0.0, 1.0);
		delay(35);
	}
}

just give it the number of seconds to countdown (in your case it would be 300) as its argument and it should work. i haven't tested it btw.

[The Ultimate DooMer]

AFAIK, there's no built in timer function. What I do is print a message every 10 seconds which shows the time:


printbold(s:"2:00");
delay(350);
printbold(s:"1:50");
delay(350);


and so on until 10 seconds, then I count down every second. (replace printbold with hudmessage in your case)

My timed sections are usually around 2 minutes or less, but I definitely recommend using this method for a 5 minute timer. (saves a lot of script space)

[boris]

There actually is an built in timer functions, it's simply called timer() and returns the level time in tics (i.e. you have to divide by 35 to get the seconds). I don't think it's really useful in this case, since schepe's script will do the job very well.

[Tormentor667]

Thx for the help and now I have an additional question about this script. How can I add some commands, that will be executed, if the counters minute+second indicator is for example 02:33 or else?! Because I want the timerscipt to teleport enemies in my arena every few seconds :)

[boris]

Just make the mins and secs vars map global and have a self-restarting script that looks for those vars. Something like

script 123 (void)
{
 if (mins == 2 && secs == 33) { // does ACS actually allow &&? I can't remember, heh
    // do some shit here
 }

 delay(1);
 restart;
}

[Tormentor667]

How can I make the variables global!?!? :(

[Ichor]

Let's see if this works:

At the very top of the script, add this to each map:

world int 1: Minutes; // Can be any name
world int 2: Seconds; // Same here

Now add this:

script 1 open // Add this script to the first map only
{
    Minutes = 4;
    Seconds = 60; // 5 minutes total
}

script 2 (void) // Add this to all maps
{
    Seconds -= 1;
    if(Seconds < 10)
    {
        printbold(d:Minutes,s:":0",d:Seconds,s:" remaining");
    }
    else
    {
        printbold(d:Minutes,s:":",d:Seconds,s:" remaining");
    }
    if(Seconds == 0)
    {
        Minutes -= 1;
        Seconds = 60;
    }
    if((Minutes == 0) && (Seconds == 0))
    {
        ACS_Execute(10, 2, 0, 0, 0); // Script 10
on map 2. If you're on another map, then the
script will run when you get to map 2.
    }
    delay(35); // equal to 1 second
    restart;
}

[Tormentor667]

Thx for the script Ichor but ACS tells me, that there is a missing semicolon after "world" :(

Do I need a new version of acs? And where can i get it?

[Ichor]

I think I've worked out all the bugs in it. Try it now.

[Tormentor667]

Thx, this one seems to work :) Will test it now :)

[Tormentor667]

Only one problem about it:

When the counter starts @ 4 Minutes and 60 Seconds and counts down to 4 Minutes and 10 Seconds, it looks like this:

Timer: 4:059 (4:010)

and if there are only single numbers to count, from 4 Minutes and 9 seconds on, it looks like this:

Timer: 4:9 (4:8, 4:7)

Looks a bit ugly I think! Is there also a possibility to put the text in the lower or upper left corner? Could you also do this?

[boris]

Tormentor667 said:

Only one problem about it:

When the counter starts @ 4 Minutes and 60 Seconds and counts down to 4 Minutes and 10 Seconds, it looks like this:

Timer: 4:059 (4:010)

and if there are only single numbers to count, from 4 Minutes and 9 seconds on, it looks like this:

Timer: 4:9 (4:8, 4:7)

Looks a bit ugly I think! Is there also a possibility to put the text in the lower or upper left corner? Could you also do this?

Simple replace the line

if(Seconds > 10)

with

if(Seconds < 10)

Just a little typo.

[Ichor]

There, it's fixed.

One little mistake can cause a whole lot of chaos, especially if it doesn't look like one, and I've had more than my share of blunders, heheh.

[Tormentor667]

Just one little question *g* : Could you replace the printbold command with hudmessage and change everything in a way, that the message is placed in the upper left corner?!

[Ichor]

Well, I don't know most ZDoom specific script commands, since I work with Hexen.

Still, you could try replacing the 'printbold' part with just 'print' and see what happens.

[Tormentor667]

This is not what I mean, but thanks though especially for the complete script :)

..TAAARIN, could you eventually help?

[The Ultimate DooMer]

Tormentor667 said:

Just one little question *g* : Could you replace the printbold command with hudmessage and change everything in a way, that the message is placed in the upper left corner?!

Yes. (but I don't use it, so I don't know what the exact commands are)

[deep]

Personally I prefer just seconds as an argument. Here's another way to do the clock that makes it look PRETTY. Originally this routine was passed a time and a script to execute. I took it out earlier, but it's easy to figure out how to do this. Now let's see if the post comes out ok? [Sorry, you can figure out the spacing - mods can fix:)]


#include "zcommon.acs"

#define SECOND1 35 // 1 second

//=======================================+
// script 1 OPEN startup MESSAGES
//========================================

Script 1 OPEN
{

acs_execute(250,100); // start the countdown timer

}

//=======================================
// A timer Clock for up to 59 minutes 59 seconds
//========================================

str numbers[60] =
{"00","01","02","03","04","05","06","07","08","09",
"10","11","12","13","14","15","16","17","18","19",
"20","21","22","23","24","25","26","27","28","29",
"30","31","32","33","34","35","36","37","38","39",
"40","41","42","43","44","45","46","47","48","49",
"50","51","52","53","54","55","56","57","58","59"};

//=======================================
// script for showing the clock
//=======================================

script 250 (int timedelay)
{
int timeleft;
int minutes;
int seconds;

timeleft = timedelay;

while (timeleft)
{
minutes = timeleft/60;
seconds = timeleft%60;

hudmessage (
s:numbers[minutes],s: ":",s:numbers[seconds];

HUDMSG_PLAIN, // message type
0, // message id
CR_BLUE, // message color
0.45, // x-coordinate
0.6, // y-coordinate
1.0); // hold time (in seconds)

delay(SECOND1);

timeleft--;
}
}

/////// end ///////////////////

Oops, posted the more complicated one first

[Fredrik]

[code][/code] tags, perhaps?

[Tormentor667]

@Deep - Thx, but the previous one works fine. My only question is how I can change the printbold into hudmessage so I can put the counter somewhere else :(

[deep]

Tormentor667 said:

@Deep - Thx, but the previous one works fine. My only question is how I can change the printbold into hudmessage so I can put the counter somewhere else :(

I don't understand. Just change printbold to a hudmessage. String formatting is identical. Just add the coordinate, etc. stuff.

[Tormentor667]

I don't know how to :( Could you be so kind and do this for me?