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[azuanagames]

Hi!

Is there a way to determine how much time is left on a Timer?

For instance:

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currentTimer = ScheduleCallback(start, 5000);

When a player connects, I want to let them know how long they need to wait, e.g. there's 3 seconds left on timer.

I thought to use Environment.TickCount but that's not allowed. Should I use DateTime? I don't HAVE to have that much accuracy I guess...

Thanks

[Oliver]

Nope, there is no built in way to do that. It's easy however,

Just set a variable to DateTime.Now when you start the time, and use timeleft=DateTime.Now-startedTimer to get the time left.

Example:

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// starting a timer
var startTime = DateTime.Now;

//.... loads of time passes

var timeLeft = (DateTime.Now-startTime).TotalSeconds; // time left in seconds


[azuanagames]

Sounds good. Thanks Oliver.