topic Re: Simple counter in 3ds Max Programming Forum

Simple counter

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 18:56:51 GMT

Hi all,

I am creating a year counter from 1970 onwards (don't ask why :-). I have put the script:

$'Text01'.text = ((SliderTime as Integer)/100+1970) as String;
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into the kerning of a text object. However this timer is too fast (1 year = 1 frame) is there a way of slowing this to say 1 year per 10.

Cheers

Luc

Re: Simple counter

Steve_Curley — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 20:38:13 GMT


st = SliderTime as integer / 160
-- 160 for 30 FPS, 192 for 24 FPS

if (mod st 10 == 0) do
    $Text01.Text = ((st / 10) + 1970) as String

Re: Simple counter

Anonymous — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:40:05 GMT

Cheers steve, nice one!

Re: Simple counter

Steve_Curley — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:46:10 GMT

You're welcome 🙂

(or you would be if could get this to post with a 1 line reply...)

Re: Simple counter

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:22:41 GMT

Only thing is that it does not render the number changes, it stays stuck on the first date. I dont think it is updating. It does work on the viewport. wierd

Re: Simple counter

Anonymous — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 17:35:24 GMT

sorted it using currentTime.frame

Cheers