Display Mission Elapsed Time in Text

[wraith70]

I'm trying to show how much time has elapsed in a mission. Here is what I have:

 

function SecondsToClock(seconds)

local seconds = tonumber(seconds)

 

if seconds <= 0 then

return "00:00:00";

else

hours = string.format("%02.f", math.floor(seconds/3600));

mins = string.format("%02.f", math.floor(seconds/60 - (hours*60)));

secs = string.format("%02.f", math.floor(seconds - hours*3600 - mins *60));

return hours..":"..mins..":"..secs

end

end

 

local _theTime = mist.getClockString(SecondsToClock(timer.getTime()))

local _string = 'Current Mission Time: ' .. _theTime

trigger.action.outTextForGroup(1, _string, 30, false)

 

 

The output is always 00:00:00

 

The timer.getTime() function is supposed to give the seconds elapsed so I take that value, convert it to HH:MM:SS converted to string to display. I'm not sure if I'm over complicating things. There should be a way to do this. Googling doesn't reveal much.

Any help would be appreciated.

 

Thanks

Edited January 1, 2020 by wraith70

[Grimes]

mist.getClockString() is looking for a number value as in input. It is getting a string of numbers with ':' between each. It sets a default value of 0 and then changes that value if it is a number or a special table, thus its showing as 00.

 

You should be able to just call mist.getClockString(timer.getTime()) to get what you are wanting.

 

TBH using (timer.getAbsTime() - timer.getTime0()) might be better since those values deal specifically with mission time that you see in the assorted clocks in game.

[wraith70]

mist.getClockString() is looking for a number value as in input. It is getting a string of numbers with ':' between each. It sets a default value of 0 and then changes that value if it is a number or a special table, thus its showing as 00.

 

You should be able to just call mist.getClockString(timer.getTime()) to get what you are wanting.

 

TBH using (timer.getAbsTime() - timer.getTime0()) might be better since those values deal specifically with mission time that you see in the assorted clocks in game.

 

Thanks Grimes.

I've tried both and works very well.

 

--ELAPSED TIME 1

local _theTime = mist.getClockString(timer.getTime())

local _string = 'Current Mission Time: ' .. _theTime

trigger.action.outTextForGroup(1, _string, 30, false)

 

-- ELAPSED TIME 2

local _theTime = mist.getClockString(timer.getAbsTime() - timer.getTime0())

local _string = 'Current Mission Time: ' .. _theTime

trigger.action.outTextForGroup(1, _string, 30, false)