starttimer
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The starttimer
script command is used to start a stopwatch for an entity. Once started a the number of milliseconds of simulation time elapsed since the starttimer
call can be retrieved using the ^#timer1
, ^#timer2
, ^#timer3
and ^#timer4
system variables respectively. Timers can be stopped again using stoptimer
. Stopped timers will always return a value of 0 elapsed milliseconds.
Usage
starttimer <stopwatch>
Context: Any Entity
Parameters:
Parameter | Type | Description |
---|---|---|
stopwatch |
string |
The stopwatch to start - one of timer1 , timer2 , timer1 or timer4 |