Access to System Time

[Shando]

Hi All,

Just wondering if there is a way to access System Time? I know dt is available in onUpdate, but what about if I need to do something time specific outside of onUpdate?

Ideally, something as simple as time.getSystemTimeInMillis ( ) would suffice.

The main reason for this (rather than using the Timers which only fire at set intervals, and you can't access the time outside of these intervals) is for setting math.randomSeed ( ).

Alternatively, a function such as setRandomSeedTime ( ) where the randomSeed is set based on current System Time would be ok.

Thanks

Shando

[ant0N]

[Shando]

Hi ant0N,

Thanks for that, I hadn't even considered we had access to the "os" functions from Lua

Probably should get the devs to add the standard Lua functions we can use to the API documents??

Thanks again

Shando

[ant0N]

math API is available at this link:

[SolarPortal]

[Shando]

[SolarPortal]

sounds good

[Shando]

Hi SP,

I have started the list with a post in the "Lua Scripting" section.

Shando

[SolarPortal]

yep, just had a look and i think it will be a great resource.

When it has been filled with all the possible commands, we can then look at adding it to the API.