Global timer

Romakok

Prompt please, whether to make a global timer is possible?

ChrisIceBox

You can create a Global integer Variable to store the number of e.g. seconds that have passed since your game begins.

Create a new ActionList that's set to Run In Background, and have it run a Variable: Set Action to increase the integer's value by 1, then an Engine: Wait Action to wait 1 second, then loop back to the first Action.  If you then assign this as your ActionList on start game (in the Settings Manager), it'll track how many seconds have passed.

Alverik

Cool, this kind of feature will be very useful! Specially because I'm making a sort of life simulator, rpg, adventure game hybrid, lol. Can we somehow adhere this information next to the saved games, to show how long the player has, well... played in each save?

ChrisIceBox

Any created variable can be displayed in a menu using tokens, or manipulated further through script: this tutorial shows how.  You could use an integer variable to keep track of time, and a string variable to display it in a friendly fashion.

Alverik

But, in the save/load menus, how would you display the value of the Gvar which belongs to each separate save without having to load that file first? is there a way to extract the value from a single variable from a saved game file?

ChrisIceBox

Ah, sorry, I misread your question.  Yes, AC supports custom save labels - see this tutorial.  The key difference would be in how your "Save name" global variable is set (a custom script as above, rather than inputted by the player).

kici

He meant this link http://www.adventurecreator.org/tutorials/custom-save-game-labels

Alverik

Thanks, I'll give it a read!

Romakok

Done. Thank you.