How do you make a timer?

[tranquil rapids]

I want to make an RR game that is speedrun friendly, can someone tell me how to?
The reference image is the timer from boss central.

[raven lagoon]

a timestamp in the future - current timestamp piped into a Get Formatted Time chip

[tranquil rapids]

can you send an image of that? I'm a visual learner so it's gonna be hard for me to know what to do

[raven lagoon]

no

from what i had said alone you can extract like 4 chips that you will need

[tranquil rapids]

what am i supposed to wire them too 💀

and text is needed too

[raven lagoon]

subtract, time get universal seconds or instance get lifetime, add, get formatted time

[tranquil rapids]

But I also want it to begin counting when the game starts too

[sudden wadi]

somethine like this for the basic

[tranquil rapids]

thank you

[raven lagoon]

# start of the python pseudocode execution
future_timestamp = instance_get_lifetime() + 20

def Update30Hz(dt):
  time_remaining = future_timestamp - instance_get_lifetime()
  text_set_text(get_formatted_time(tostring(time_remaining), "m\ms\s"))

[tranquil rapids]

is there a way i can display it on the hud @sudden wadi

[raven lagoon]

the method presented to you isnt the most ideal since all you really need to get is the future timestamp when the game will end

to get a future timestamp you just add to Instance Get Lifetime

[sudden wadi]

isnt this a speedrunner clock, the one that sops only when player is finished?

[raven lagoon]

the timer shown in the original post image isnt a speedrun timer

[sudden wadi]

i think he wants a speedrunner clock

[raven lagoon]

ah

[sudden wadi]

the image is just refference

[raven lagoon]

in that case whenever the run starts you just save the current timestamp and then use it to subtract from the current timestamp when the runner has reached the end

[sudden wadi]

which i did in screenshot

[tranquil rapids]

Is there a way you can make the clock show on the hud tho?

[sudden wadi]

doing it rn

[trail root]

Please make sure to save that data to a cloud variable though in the end. That way you can keep track of their current time.

[tranquil rapids]

and I also want it to start counting when the game is started too

[trail root]

If you want to that is. For a new personal best scenario

[tranquil rapids]

what the button for tho?

[raven lagoon]

you can disregard it

that is if you use game rules and the timer starts whenever that starts

[tranquil rapids]

are you working on the part where it shows on the hud?

[tranquil rapids]

yea I'm using game rules

[sudden wadi]

ye

it's a bit big

[tranquil rapids]

oh ok

[raven lagoon]

couldnt you just like, repeatedly update the center top hud element to be whatever the subtract equation results to?

that would go for every type of timer

ones placed in the world, one in the subtitles, whatever

[sudden wadi]

^ should work

[raven lagoon]

you dont need all that

[sudden wadi]

shows minutes:seconds

[tranquil rapids]

thank you

[raven lagoon]

just Get Formatted Time with the appropriate format will do

[sudden wadi]

i forgor it existed

[raven lagoon]

my preferred format for a speedrun timer would be m:ss.fff

[sudden wadi]

holup

[tranquil rapids]

making another system?

[raven lagoon]

no, theyre showing you a better way

which you would already know if you read

[tranquil rapids]

I do read

[raven lagoon]

here you go then

[tranquil rapids]

is the "timer active" the hud elements or bool variables

[raven lagoon]

bool variable

[sudden wadi]

bool variables

[raven lagoon]

its there to prevent updating the hud element for no reason

also if youre in a beta room use the Update event instead of Update 30Hz

[sudden wadi]

also don't forget to connect update to the "if player is valid and local" i forgor to connect it back

[tranquil rapids]

room that i'm using for this has beta enabled

[sudden wadi]

when you configure the "event receiver" you just select "Update" instead of "Update 30Hz"

[tranquil rapids]

is it the mins:secs timer?

[sudden wadi]

minutes:seconds.miliseconds

so something like 6:42.9124

most speedrun timers use that format

[raven lagoon]

the fourth decimal place is useless because the timestamps arent that precise

[tranquil rapids]

all of these circuits will make that timer?

[sudden wadi]

yes, left button activates the timer, right button stops it

you can switch buttons for trigger zones if you wanna

[tranquil rapids]

I was gonna do it ends when the game ends

thanks for this ima do this when i have time

[sudden wadi]

configure "event receiver" and choose "On game end"

[tranquil rapids]

ik how to use event recievers 👍

[sudden wadi]

just making sure
most people who ask here don't know how to configure stuff sometimes

[tranquil rapids]

💀

[tranquil rapids]

@sudden wadi just ran into a problem

[sudden wadi]

start time and end time variables are float variables

[tranquil rapids]

oh

so is active time?

[raven lagoon]

start time and end time are floats, timer active is bool

[tranquil rapids]

bruh my internet went out as I was making the system luckily i have my auto save backups on 1 minute

i gotta do it all over again 💀

[sudden wadi]

red = bool (true/false)
blue = float (numbers with decimal, 1.24 for example)
green = int (whole number, 1,2,3,6,etc.)
yellow = player/object/vector/quaternion (here only player)
purple = string (text)

[tranquil rapids]

its not counting

[sudden wadi]

screenshot the chips

[tranquil rapids]

im also getting an error noise too

[sudden wadi]

check error message

maybe you forgor something

[tranquil rapids]

its in losgs right?

[sudden wadi]

yes

did you configure the hud constant to "upper right"?

[tranquil rapids]

logs are empty

[tranquil rapids]

no

[sudden wadi]

try it

[tranquil rapids]

is it required to be like that?

[sudden wadi]

hud constant can only show text if they're not main or secondary (if i'm not mistaken)

also, are you sure that you started the timer?

[tranquil rapids]

its working

[sudden wadi]

nice

you can configure the hud constant to change colors

also you can use "floor to int" chip and connect these 2 inputs so the middle number of the hud will show seconds

[tranquil rapids]

oh alr i'll do that

is there a way you can show this on something so people know their final time?

[sudden wadi]

when you end a timer you just set some text to "end time"

[tranquil rapids]

wdym?

[sudden wadi]

put a text somewhere

it will display the final time

[tranquil rapids]

do i wire the text to anything?

[sudden wadi]

then you connect the texts "set text" inputt to the "set element hud enabled" (the one that stops the timer)

[tranquil rapids]

can i use a message chip?

[sudden wadi]

you can use subtitle but it will how it only for some time, not forever

[tranquil rapids]

ik im pretty sure you can change the delay

[sudden wadi]

showing it forverer will be a bit annoying

[tranquil rapids]

i'm not gonna do that lol

[sudden wadi]

you do you ig

ima show u chips

[tranquil rapids]

kk

if i want the time to show for all players do i just add an get all players and list get element chip?

[sudden wadi]

record of 1 person for everyone?

or personal time for everyone?

[tranquil rapids]

i want the time to be the same for every person

[tranquil rapids]

is there a way you can make the subtitle display the final time?

[sudden wadi]

it already dsplays final time

"end time" is final time

this will show final time of the guy who finished to everyone

https://discord.com/channels/193073071802941451/1313075447331815505
https://www.reddit.com/r/RecRoom/comments/lh0u64/rec_room_networking_101_for_circuit_builders/

helpful info on chips

[tranquil rapids]

do i do this seperately or do it with the chips?

[sudden wadi]

you connect the "for each" chip to the last chips in the sequence that ends the timer

to this

[tranquil rapids]

ik but with these ones

[tranquil rapids]

oh ok

[sudden wadi]

you can connect "end time" from earlier instead of copying

[tranquil rapids]

is there a way you can make it display the min:sec timer thats the one i'm using

[sudden wadi]

change "format" input of the "get formated time" chip to "mm:ss"

[tranquil rapids]

oh alr

[tranquil rapids]

is this optional or required?

[sudden wadi]

optional but it's better than making a separate chip when you already have it nearby

[tranquil rapids]

can bool varibles be wired to multiple circuit?

[sudden wadi]

every variable can be wired to multiple circuits

all outputs (except exec) can be connectted to multiple inputs

all input can connect to only 1 output (except exec)

[tranquil rapids]

thanks this helped out a lot can you help me with my next post you're the most helpful person in this channel

[sudden wadi]

before that, read this to better understand chips

really useful for newbies

it's not gonna take long prob, its just the basics of recrooms insides

[tranquil rapids]

which side of the bool varible I wire

[sudden wadi]

wire is something that connects an input andd an output, it's not a part of some chip

[tranquil rapids]

no message showed up 😭

[sudden wadi]

you wire "end time" variable to "get formated time" "universal seconds" input

[tranquil rapids]

like this?

[sudden wadi]

yes

but

[tranquil rapids]

yea i js noticed that 💀

[tranquil rapids]

i don't want it to just say the final time i want it like "Your final time: 2:01"

[sudden wadi]

string format
"format" input is "Your final time: {0}"
"element" input is connected to "get formated time"

and connact allat to the subtitle

[tranquil rapids]

send image pls

[tranquil rapids]

can i get an image of it?

i saw the message too late cause my discord moving slow as hell

[sudden wadi]

basically what i said

[tranquil rapids]

👍

[tranquil rapids]

can you help me in my new post

[sturdy ridge]

This method counts upwards

[sudden wadi]

Ye, thats what timer does (atleast the speedrun one)