Hey all. I’ve been messing around with various ways to create a timer, whether it be to count up or down. I’ve used Event Tick, Get Gameplay , Timelines, and Set Timer/Set Timer Delegates.
I was wondering if one of these, or perhaps another alternative, is the best, most efficient way to keep track of .
Thanks!
I would use timeline. I used that in my endless runner and worked fine.
But it is going to depend on what you need the timer for to.
I’m making timers for a level (say, the level lasts 60 seconds) that counts down to 0, and I’m making timers for duration in an area at the moment. I liked timelines too.
I want to wait to hear if anyone else wishes to give their input. If not, I’ll mark your answer as Correct later.
Thanks for the response C:
Gameplay Timers should be driven by the Event tick. For adding and removing seconds from a “clock” (timer), you would normaly use the Tick and add the Delta to a float variable.
I’m doing this for my Gameplay Timer that counts how long the players last before getting killed by a heave wave of enemies.
Although you could use a timer that gets started with the BeginPlay, the EventTick ensures with the delta , that every Players get’s the same . Having low fps or a lag? The DeltaTime response to it (at least i think that is how it happens).
I get ya.
I usually try to avoid using Event Tick as much as possible because I don’t want to become too dependent on it, as it could lead to slower FPS and performance. Usually, I opt for something I can control and turn on/off more, such as Timelines. Because I would be handling the server-side only, replicating that information to the clients shouldn’t be an issue with whether I use DeltaTime or not. (I think? I may be wrong on that.).
I’ll try it though.
Thanks! C:
Hm, if you are using it only on the server, then you could use a timer, set to 1 sec and looping to get this started. But i can’t promise that using the event tick wouldnt be better.
I’m liking the event tick for the moment. Thanks C: