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OBL	5 Feb, 2007 - 08:43 PM Post #1
New D.I.C Head Joined: 5 Feb, 2007 Posts: 1 My Contributions	hey, i need to integrate a timer in this game that i'm making. obviously, i could just use a for loop, but how do I keep the for loop running in the background, while the user plays the game? i'm not sure which segment of my code i'd have to paste, for the effort thing, cuz i'll have to paste the entire game..
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AmitTheInfinity	RE: Timer Loops 5 Feb, 2007 - 10:12 PM Post #2
C Surfing ∞ Joined: 25 Jan, 2007 Posts: 1,156 Thanked: 44 times Dream Kudos: 125 My Contributions	QUOTE(OBL @ 5 Feb, 2007 - 09:43 PM) hey, i need to integrate a timer in this game that i'm making. obviously, i could just use a for loop, but how do I keep the for loop running in the background, while the user plays the game? i'm not sure which segment of my code i'd have to paste, for the effort thing, cuz i'll have to paste the entire game.. are you in C or C++. well you can try things on time_t or time.h have a look here... http://www.cplusplus.com/reference/clibrary/ctime/ http://www.java2s.com/Code/C/Development/Time-Date.htm and to generate delays you can use threads, though it's not the only solution hope this will help you
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