So I and @ziipzaaapM16A4 have an issue with his plugin (Search Vehicle Plugin) that involves the progress bar being filled up by using a loop,

(while KeyPressed => ProgressBar += 0.01) which means that the faster the CPU, the faster the progress bar fills and the action finishes. On my old PC I would play on 25-30 FPS and searching a car would take extremely long. (Double the time it would take for him playing on 60 FPS, duh).

 

While writing this I suddenly found it logical - the slower the game, the slower the action. However, getting into a car, for instance, doesn't feel slower whatsoever. Obviously, the game isn't slower just because of lower frame rate.

 

 His workaround was to have a multiplier in the ini.

 

Now I need a progress bar for my Pursuit on the Fly! plugin and I'm not really into the whole multiplier workaround. Is there another, more consistent way to fill a progress bar?

If you know how long it takes, just base the progress on the time elapsed so far.

On 5/2/2020 at 10:48 PM, LMS said:

If you know how long it takes, just base the progress on the time elapsed so far.

Do you have details about a timer class/functions.

Im interested, too.

23 minutes ago, ziipzaaapM16A4 said:

Do you have details about a timer class/functions.

Im interested, too.

 

It really is just getting the current game time (in the Game class) and comparing it to the start time. Now you have the time elapsed. Time elapsed / Total Time it should take is your progress.

Here's what I use for my felony stop mod:

//Initial
ControlButtonTime = 0f;

//Update
ControlButtonTime += Game.FrameTime;	
initiateFelonyControlHoldTimerBar.Percentage = ControlButtonTime / (HoldDuration / 1000f);	//called each tick

//HoldDuration in milliseconds

 

On 5/7/2020 at 5:47 PM, LMS said:

 

It really is just getting the current game time (in the Game class) and comparing it to the start time. Now you have the time elapsed. Time elapsed / Total Time it should take is your progress.

Oh, I thought you were talking about using the system time.

21 hours ago, TheUniT said:

Oh, I thought you were talking about using the system time.

 

You can use the system time, but it will only work as long as the game is not paused whilst your timer is ticking.

On 5/9/2020 at 4:02 PM, LMS said:

 

You can use the system time, but it will only work as long as the game is not paused whilst your timer is ticking.

 

 yeah, i saw this bug at the Dispatch Checkup Script by @sloosecannon