GAME CLOCK TUTORIAL

Greetings everyone! This is DRXeno, developer of JAOD Project, here with a clock system tutorial for your game. What do you need a clock for, you might ask? Well, you don’t need it, but SquareSoft used it in their old RPG games. (Yes-yes, I know I just made an excellent point) So lets get into it!

Start by creating one switch and four variables. The switch is (0001:Timer) and the four variables are (0001:Second), (0002:Minute), (0003:Hour) and (0004:Day).

-==Setup==-
** Go to Common Events and begin a new event with Parallel Process and trigger switch (0001:Timer)
** Add a wait 1.0 Sec command

-==Configure Seconds into Minutes==-
** Go to variable operations on your list of event-command options to add a variable. You already made the variable (0001:Second) use this. Now configure the SET to (+), and change OPERAND to 1
** Create a fork/branch option, you want to say in words “If (0001:Second) is EQUAL to 60”. This is done by changing the SET to 60, and making sure the drop down is “equal to”.
** Go to variable operations on your list of event-command options to add a variable. You already made the variable (0002:Minute) use this. Now configure the SET to (+), and change OPERAND to 1
** Go to variable operations on your list of event-command options to add a variable. Add the (0001:Second) variable and configure the SET to (-), and change OPERAND to 60

-==Configure Minutes into Hours==-
** Create a fork/branch option, you want to say in words “If (0002:Minute) is EQUAL to 60”. This is done by changing the SET to 60, and making sure the drop down is “equal to”.
** Go to variable operations on your list of event-command options to add a variable. You already made the variable (0003:Hour) use this. Now configure the SET to (+), and change OPERAND to 1
** Go to variable operations on your list of event-command options to add a variable. Add the (0002:Minute) variable and configure the SET to (-), and change OPERAND to 60

-==Configure Hours into Days==-
** Create a fork/branch option, you want to say in words “If (0003:Hour) is EQUAL to 24”. This is done by changing the SET to 24, and making sure the drop down is “equal to”.
** Go to variable operations on your list of event-command options to add a variable. You already made the variable (0004:Day) use this. Now configure the SET to (+), and change OPERAND to 1
** Go to variable operations on your list of event-command options to add a variable. Add the (0003:Hour) variable and configure the SET to (-), and change OPERAND to 24


The explanation above should resemble the below coding:

<>Wait: 1.0 sec.
<>Variable Ch:(0001:Second)+.1
<>FORK Optn:Vrbl(0001:Second)-60
<>Variable Ch:(0002:Minute)+.1
<>Variable Ch:(0001:Second)-.60
<>FORK Optn:Vrbl(0002:Minute)+.60
<>Variable Ch:(0003:Hour)+.1
<>Variable Ch:(0002:Minute)-.60
<>FORK Optn:Vrbl(0003:Hour)+.24
<>Variable Ch:(0004:Day)+.1
<>Variable CH:(0003:Hour)-.24
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-==DRXeno’s Challenge==-

Can you figure out a way to display your timer to the end users?

Answer:

To display your timer to the end users you have to reference the variables that you want to showcase. This can be done using a message box, such as portrayed below.

<>Messg: You have been playing for \v(4) days, \v(3) hours, \v(2) minutes, \v(1) seconds

This message can be triggered any way you like, on mouse click, integrated into a custom menu system and/or other. Just remember that the timer will not begin if you do not turn ON switch (0001:Timer). Turning this switch OFF at any time will stop the timer.