Fast Time

[hicks88 0]

does anyone know the script for fast time. it causes time to pass fast without causing the units to move fast

[mandoble 1]

Set global variable stopmodtime to true to return to normal time scaling

[scale factor]exec"timemod.sqs"

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stopmodtime=false

_scale = _this select 0

_tensecs = (1.0/3600.0)*10.0

_skip = _tensecs * _scale

;Every ten seconds we skip 10 seconds * scale factor hours

#modtime

~10

skipTime _skip

? !stopmodtime: goto "modtime"

exit

For example, for twice the normal time speed:

[2.0]exec"timemod.sqs"

[nominesine 0]

I believe you want skipTime, a command that makes the clock skip a few hours, right? It workd like this:

skipTime 2

Put it in a trigger or a script. It will skip two hours of clock time, without affecting units etc. Mandobles example is a good way to use it.

[hicks88 0]

i wanted the first reply, thankyou Mandoble. i changed the ten seconds to .01 of a second and make it skip 1 second, it makes it appear as iff time is passing really fast, i day goes through in like 30 mins, so you get day and night ops in a single mission

[Guest]

not to poke in here, but I thought there was a command like accelerate time or something similiar that did this in one quick shot, or maybe I was wrong..

[karantan 0]

Yes, there's such a command; setAccTime. For instance:

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setAccTime 10

will make time to go ten times faster, but also the units will move ten times faster, which hicks88 try to avoid.

[Guest]

gotcha, thanks for making that difference, I will probably be using this function as well (accel time only, not units/whatnot) - good to know, great thread, copied and pasted.