getTime problems

[Sigutis]

I have a problem with time function in my event receiver;

here's a fragment
u32 time1 global

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		if(event.EventType == EET_MOUSE_INPUT_EVENT &&
			event.MouseInput.Event == EMIE_LMOUSE_LEFT_UP){
			time1=device->getTimer()->getTime();

		}

It compiles fine, but when I actually press the mouse button it crashes

[CuteAlien]

device could be an invalid pointer and it could be a problem outside the code you posted.

[rogerborg]

Most likely, the 'device' inside your event receiver isn't set, e.g. you've declared a global 'device' and then a local one inside your main.

There, I've now taken longer to type this than it would take you to find out using your debugger.

[Sigutis]

Rogerboards guess was correct. But solution to this problem leads to another bug.

thanks

[rogerborg]

I'm sorry, I don't know how to solve your new bug.

[Sigutis]

Its ok I forgive you
This one shall be a challenge for me

[rogerborg]

Hang on, Vitek will be along in a moment. He'll figure it out.

[Sigutis]

Whel my code is quite messy and all but I'll try to explain.
This is supposed to be an RPG game.
I made a global device and few variables

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IrrlichtDevice* device = 0;
int atstumas;
u32 timetorun,time1;

Then goes my event receiver class.
A mouse method from it:

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vector3df coords;  //storage for the player coordinates (node)
		if(event.EventType == EET_MOUSE_INPUT_EVENT &&
			event.MouseInput.Event == EMIE_LMOUSE_LEFT_UP){
			coord=node->getPosition();   atstumas=sqrt((coord.X-intersection.X)*(coord.X-intersection.X)+(coord.Y-intersection.Y)*(coord.Y-intersection.Y));
//atstumas calculates the way between node and his target
		timetorun=atstumas*5;
			node->setFrameLoop(1, 2500); //set node to run
			node->setRotation(faceTarget(intersection,coord));
//rotate node to target			anim=smgr->createFlyStraightAnimator(coord,intersection,u32)timetorun,false);
		    node->addAnimator(anim);
			anim->drop();
//animator to walk to the target
			time1=device->getTimer()->getTime();
//I use time1 to know when the animation should stop
		}

in main I actually create the device

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	device =
		createDevice( video::EDT_DIRECT3D9, dimension2d<s32>(640, 480), 16,
			false, false, false, &receiver);

And the main loop

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		if (time1-device->getTimer()->getTime()+timetorun<0)
			node->setFrameLoop(1,1);
//after after timetorun we turn the object to standing frame again

Player animation stopped just fine before I changed

IrrlichtDevice* device =
createDevice( video::EDT_DIRECT3D9, dimension2d<s32>(640, 480), 16,
false, false, false, &receiver);

to

device =
createDevice( video::EDT_DIRECT3D9, dimension2d<s32>(640, 480), 16,
false, false, false, &receiver);

Now it just continues to run even when the character is already at the target.

After some test I believe function device->getTimer()->getTime() returns negative value