Waiting for a specific amount of time

[ultran00b]

Hi guys, yet another n00b question!

In my code, I have a weapon that shoots whenever you press the LMB. Problem is, it shoots about 700 times per second (which is my frame rate). I need it to shoot, wait for a specific amount of time, and then shoot again. I looked all over the forum, and couldn't find a thing. Yes, I used the almighty search function. Any ideas? They are all appreciated!

Ultran00b

[Saiyantwin]

Maybe this will help you?

http://irrlicht.sourceforge.net/phpBB2/ ... t=gettimer

[Praetor]

When you shoot get the time, then when processing the input for the weapon firing, check that time against the current time and find the difference, if enough time has passed then allow the firing.

Example (this is off the top of my head so it would likely need modification to actually work):

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//variable declarations
u32 lastFiredTime = 0;




//When the weapon is fired (in the event reciever I assume)
if (device->getTimer()->getTime() - lastFiredTime >= X) //replace X with the time in milliseconds you want between 
//shots
{

lastFiredTime = device->getTimer()->getTime();

//your code for firing the gun

}

EDIT: oh too late.... hope this helps anyway..

[rogerborg]

^^^
Winner.

Ignore the link in the first reply, it's not really relevant to your problem.

[Weng]

For my case, I use the time() method.

e.g

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#include <time.h>

time_t start;
time_t end;

time(&start);
time(&end);

if(start - end > 5)
  //do some shooting action

Note that the smallest unit of the time function is 1 second. Hope it helps

[hybrid]

That's not a good idea, because Irrlicht provides a timer concept which can also handle game pausing etc. And it's more accurate and better portable. Basically no weaknesses compared to simple concepts like time(). So avoid platform (or even default lib) routines if Irrlicht does provide things for you.

[ultran00b]

Thanks Praetor, your code worked "right out of the box"! Thanks man! I really wanted to avoid any platform dependency, so your code was perfect!

Ultran00b