XNA: How to create a timer using GameTime?

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So in my pong remake, i want to make a timer to show when to reset the ball after the player scores.

Using GameTime, how would i go about making a timer readable by other code

for example:

Here is when the ball will be reset


while (resetTimer <= 0)
            {
                ballVelocity = new Vector2(10, 10);
            }

This is saying whenever the "resetTimer" reaches 0 seconds, the ball will begin to move again.


I understand that ElapsedGameTime means the amount of time between frames, but is there any way for my "resetTimer" to be subtracted by one every second? (in this case, "resetTimer" is declared an int with the value of 3)

Also, yeah i know, i did a fail job in my post, disregard it

NO EXCEPTIONS

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>>1
Read HTDP
I mean ＳＩＣＰ

>>1
If reading the reference poses a challenge, you should buy a hard copy, lodge it deep in your ass and absorb the answer via osmosis.

>>1,2
Perhaps you are too thick to realise that the pronoun "I" in English is capitalised.

>>1,2,4
The best way to get help is always to antagonise people who are more competent than you.
Take your bullshit back to /code/ and go play with the rest of the morons sanctimonious about their poor decisions.

Well here's one way of doing it

//set this variable somewhere to initialize and start the timer
double mark = gameTime.ElapsedGameTime.TotalMilliseconds;

//for each frame you check if a second have passed
if (gameTime.ElapsedGameTime.TotalMilliseconds - mark >= 1000)
{
    //if it has we change mark to reflect this
    mark += 1000;
    //and decrement the resetTimer
    resetTimer--;
}
Modify to suit your needs, I hope you get the general idea.

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this is why i hate /prog/ sometimes

>>9
this guy is the only one helpful, thank you >>9 - san

>>10
/prog/ hates you more than you hate it. And I don't mean that in a ``/prog/ hates everyone'' sense; I mean you, specifically: the kind of idiot who can't even figure out how to read the documentation and who puffs himself up with self-righteous indignation when it's pointed out to him that he's made some terrible decisions in life.
The posts you denounced are the best advice you can get; not just on /prog/, but in general. The one you liked, quite apart from the risible quality of the code, will only perpetuate your cycle as a copy/paste ``programmer'' incapable of even the slightest bit of independent thought. You aren't capable of recognising genuine helpfulness, because you're an ignorant fool, too self-absorbed to improve.

People like you are a disease, and you're not just contaminating /prog/ with your bullshit; you're killing the whole industry.

>>10
You should also learn to multi-quote, faggot.

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+5 Insightful

>>1
theres a reason im using a greasemonkey scripts to /block the word SICP
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This is why I hate retards sometimes.

>>1
If you don't want to read "The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs", that's fine, but your lack of motivation to better yourself is part of the reason why you are asking /prog/ for help on the XNA framework instead of reading the fucking docs.

Read SIXNA

Can we make a tiny little exception to the ``no imageboard talk'' rule to say that ``OP IS A FAG''?

>>17
fine, but just this once

>>17
You could translate it to ``>>1 IS A M^OR_ON''.

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>>15
No it's not fine if he doesn't want to read it.

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