RM2K3 Battle Timer Topic

546

07/13/2013 04:50 PM

For my game, Project Arcadium, I'd like to find a way to calculate time in battles that would count towards to the overall playtime of the game as recorded by my clock system. Does anybody have suggestions about how one would go about this?

Milennin

2060

07/13/2013 04:59 PM

Probably by a 1x turn in every battle that adds to the clock variable. It wouldn't be completely accurate, but the closest you'll get I think.

Mr_H

546

07/13/2013 05:10 PM

I was thinking about that, guess it's the only way

GreatRedSpirit

ski-ba-bop-ba-dop-bop

6514

07/13/2013 05:35 PM

Right before the battle begins start a clock at maximum time (99:59, or 5960 seconds). Once the battle is done set a variable to the seconds left on the timer. Take the maximum time (5960) and subtract from it this value (so 5960 - seconds left) and you have the number of seconds the player spent in battle!

Unless they spent more than an hour and a half in one battle.

e: What I wrote and how the math should be done were two completely different things

alterego

RMN's wet blanket

2875

07/13/2013 06:00 PM

Welp! GRS beat me to it... BUT, he forgot to mention PepsiOtaku's Clock plugin. I haven't tested it myself, but I think is a good alternative.

Mr_H

546

07/13/2013 08:28 PM

These both work in RM2K3?

kaine87

0

07/13/2013 09:02 PM

yes

Mr_H

546

07/13/2013 11:55 PM

Thanks, I worked this one out pretty well :)

PepsiOtaku

https://tapas.io/episode/2560252

2697

07/14/2013 03:46 AM

If it's 2k3, you can just ditch the not-so-accurate clock system and get this:
http://rpgmaker.net/engines/rm2k3/utilities/24/
(requires DynRPG though)

GreatRedSpirit

ski-ba-bop-ba-dop-bop

6514

07/14/2013 05:45 AM

It's for the best because I am really bad at math and did it wrong! 99:59 is 5999 seconds, not 5960. I don't even know how I fucked that up when 59 seconds is right there and can't create an easy 60 which should be a pretty obvious sign the math is bad.

RM2K3 BATTLE TIMER

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