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imported>DragoonWraith (note about GameDaysPassed - anyone care to check if this was true in Oblivion?) |
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Link to TES4 Construction Set Wiki: [http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/GetSecondsPassed GetSecondsPassed]. | Link to TES4 Construction Set Wiki: [http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/GetSecondsPassed GetSecondsPassed]. | ||
In Fallout 3, [[:Category:Time Functions|GameDaysPassed]] is a float with enough precision to accurately measure the passage of seconds, which can be used as an alternative to | In Fallout 3, [[:Category:Time Functions|GameDaysPassed]] is a float with enough precision to accurately measure the passage of seconds, which can be used as an alternative to GetSecondsPassed. Consider: | ||
<pre>float MyTimer | <pre>float MyTimer | ||
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end</pre> | end</pre> | ||
It is also slightly more efficient to use GameDaysPassed because you do not need to update a variable every frame, you only have to do the check - saving the script an operation. A minor note, but nonetheless notable. | It is also slightly more efficient to use GameDaysPassed because you do not need to update a variable every frame, you only have to do the check - saving the script an operation. A minor note, but nonetheless notable. | ||
However, for cases where the timer needs to be accurate to fractions of a second, GetSecondsPassed is the best choice (it returns fractions of seconds, even if the name implies units of seconds). | |||
[[Category:Functions]] | [[Category:Functions]] | ||
[[Category:Time Functions]] | [[Category:Time Functions]] | ||