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DarkX
 Post subject: GetTickCount
PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:39 pm 
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I was wondering if there was a tut with a good explanation of using GetTickCount. If so could someone point me in the direction,

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 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:43 pm 
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Code:
dim currenttick, nexttick, elapsed as long 'variables we are using

currenttick = gettickcount 'currenttick is now saved as the time this line was executed

'CODE GOES HERE ROFL

nexttick = gettickcount 'same as above

elapsed = nexttick - currenttick 'the elapsed time is the time recorded after the code minus the time recorded before the code

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 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:44 pm 
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so that would work for replacing timers?

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Robin
 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:46 pm 
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Oh yeah! Completely!

I mean, it doesn't matter what the timers are doing!

This one piece of code will manage to replace all the timers in the game!

Wooooooooh!

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DarkX
 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 4:48 pm 
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so key this
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dim currenttick, nexttick, elapsed as long 'variables we are using

currenttick = gettickcount 'currenttick is now saved as the time this line was executed
before anything that you want to use GetTickCount and
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nexttick = gettickcount 'same as above

elapsed = nexttick - currenttick 'the elapsed time is the time recorded after the code minus the time recorded before the code
at the end of the code?

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Robin
 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 5:38 pm 
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I gave you just a small example of how to use gettickcount.

My example showed a quick calculation to see how long it takes for a piece of code to finish.

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 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 8:07 pm 
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Contrary to many people's beliefs.. API != Advanced Programming Interface. It stands for Application Programming Interface.

No offense meant to the poster. It's a common mistake.

Topic moved to Beginner Questions.
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 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
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What?

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 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
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What part didn't you understand? :P
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Matt
 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
PostPosted: Tue Jul 03, 2007 11:03 pm 
Verrigan wrote:
What part didn't you understand? :P


The fact that nobody said anything about that in this post? xD
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Verrigan
 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
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I was just trying to figure out why it was in Advanced Questions rather than Beginner Questions, where it should have been.. So I made a guess, and tried to make a light joke out of it, and I guess nobody got it. :(
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 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 1:44 am 
Verrigan wrote:
I was just trying to figure out why it was in Advanced Questions rather than Beginner Questions, where it should have been.. So I made a guess, and tried to make a light joke out of it, and I guess nobody got it. :(


Don't cry now. Lol.

It's okay. Everything will be fine.
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 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
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I thought it was a joke, but my technical wittiness, whilst quite powerful, is nothing compared to yours.

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Matt
 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 2:14 pm 
Robin wrote:
I thought it was a joke, but my technical wittiness, whilst quite powerful, is nothing compared to yours.



Haha, you're an ass dude.
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 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 2:22 pm 
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Verrigan wrote:
I was just trying to figure out why it was in Advanced Questions rather than Beginner Questions, where it should have been.. So I made a guess, and tried to make a light joke out of it, and I guess nobody got it. :(


actually i drew assumptions and understood it... i just didnt want to post incase i looked like an idiot ;D
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 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
PostPosted: Wed Jul 04, 2007 4:21 pm 
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rofl, I didnt get it at all :lol:

I searched high and low, but couldnt find it. I even used the search :P

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DarkX
 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
PostPosted: Thu Jul 05, 2007 3:55 pm 
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Ok I got everything working now, accept I can't get the equipped items to blit at all. any suggestions?

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 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
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DarkX wrote:
Ok I got everything working now, accept I can't get the equipped items to blit at all. any suggestions?


scream and roll on the floor? ^_^

honestly.. what do you mean cant get them to blt? blt where? maybe your blt'd them into the recycle bin?

I dont understand.. i thought this was about gettickcount o.0
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 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
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Except.
Blt.

Check your spelling next time.

As to what you're on about, maybe you should read the topic title before posting ^_^

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Matt
 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 12:04 am 
Didn't he start the topic? O_o (Too lazy to check. xD)

And Blt is only the term used in the programming. It would be spelled Blit. ^_^
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 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
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We only assume it's pronounced blit.

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 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 3:08 am 
Same difference. I feel like an idiot when I say blt though. Makes me want a sammich. O_o
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 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
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Perfekt wrote:
Didn't he start the topic? O_o (Too lazy to check. xD)

And Blt is only the term used in the programming. It would be spelled Blit. ^_^


Yes I did start the topic, and it is about TickCount which I thank Robin for the code. By the way the Blit thing, I was rewriting GSD's Visual Inventory code to use GetTickCount, and I think somewhere along the lines I messed up the blit code for the equipped. But thanks for the assistance from all ya.

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 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
PostPosted: Fri Jul 06, 2007 8:40 pm 
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It already uses gettickcount...

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DarkX
 Post subject: Re: GetTickCount
PostPosted: Sun Jul 08, 2007 9:02 pm 
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Code:
double click the timer in frmMirage (the one u made) add the following:

Dim Q As Integer

On Error Resume Next
For Q = 0 To MAX_INV - 1
If PicInv(Q).Picture <> LoadPicture() Then
PicInv(Q).Picture = LoadPicture()
Else
Call BitBlt(PicInv(Q).hdc, 0, 0, PIC_X, PIC_Y, PicItems.hdc, 0,
Item(GetPlayerInvItemNum(MyIndex, lstInv.SelCount + Q)).Pic * PIC_Y,
SRCCOPY)
End If
Next Q
that's a line from the code, does that not mean that it uses a timer?

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