Countdown Timer: Minutes, Seconds, Milliseconds

[PalmerStudios]

I found a few posts from 10 years ago about how to make a countdown video but i'm not sure its relevant anymore. I'm trying to make a countdown that has minutes, seconds and miliseconds. Can do this fairly easily in After Effects but want to do this in 3ds max any suggestions?

[denisT.MaxDoctor]

what is "countdown video" in your understanding? could you illustrate the question with a picture (video) or a reference?

[PalmerStudios]

Hey yeah...

So the countdown timer would be something like this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZlwdxgDpftI

I'm looking for the Milliseconds also. So essentially: 05 (Minutes): 00 (Seconds): 00 (Milliseconds) counting down to 0.

[denisT.MaxDoctor]

Check out this thread first, and then we'll talk about it. 

MAXScript: How to create layered .NET window in Windows Forms 

[denisT.MaxDoctor]

The task is not easy... The fact is that the timer must be asynchronous so that there are no delays and gaps. Here you can not do without multithreading. And MAX doesn't like it, especially when it comes to displaying the viewport or user interface.

[istan]

I still do not understand, where this timer shall be shown at all? Within 3dsmax in a viewport? Shall 3dsmax create a video animation? Or shall an external software use 3dsmax renderings? If I would need a millisecond timer, I'd use C++..

[denisT.MaxDoctor]

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@istan wrote:

I still do not understand, where this timer shall be shown at all? Within 3dsmax in a viewport? Shall 3dsmax create a video animation? 

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I think this should be the entertainment of the client during the "moment of waiting".

A kind of popup message window:

"Watch this clip and don't worry. You will see the end soon..."

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