Time Counter

I have recently started creating a basic game however i am having some trouble creating a time counter.

Basically what i want is a counter which is a label displaying say "05:00" as in five minutes. Then when the level is started i want it to count down to zero and make my game over label visible.

Any advice appreciated greatly

This will give you an idea of what you would need to do:

vb.net Code:

Public Class Form1
 
    Public Sub New()
        InitializeComponent()
        Me.Timer1.Enabled = True
        Me.Timer1.Interval = 1000
    End Sub
 
    Private time As New TimeSpan(0, 5, 0)
 
    Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
        time = time.Subtract(New TimeSpan(0, 0, 1))
        Me.Label1.Text = time.Minutes.ToString() & ":" & time.Seconds.ToString()
    End Sub
 
End Class

The only thing is, you will have to run your timer on a separate thread so that the user can still play the game. Take a look at jmc's BackGroundWorker thread in the CodeBank.

Well you will need a timer to update the time elapsed, you could do something like this:

Code:

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    Dim StartTicks As Long
    Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
        StartTicks = Now.Ticks
        Label1.Text = "5:00"
        Timer1.Enabled = True
    End Sub

    Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
        Dim ts As New TimeSpan(0, 5, 0)
        Dim ElapsedTime As New TimeSpan(Now.Ticks - StartTicks)
        Dim tsout As TimeSpan = ts.Subtract(ElapsedTime)
        Label1.Text = tsout.Minutes.ToString() + ":" + tsout.Seconds.ToString("00")
        If tsout.TotalSeconds < 0 Then
            Timer1.Enabled = False
            Label1.Text = "0:00"
        End If

    End Sub

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