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From: beergod <masonjoyers AT hotmail DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: need to use the timer
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 02:05:07 GMT
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> It's difficult to say anything very useful when you are so vague about
> exactly what you are trying to do. Have you read the docs about the
> timer functions? Have you looked at the example programs? (eg. ex7.c).
> Have you considered that perhaps you could use a libc routine like
> clock(), and might not need the Allegro code at all? (look up
> "info libc func time").
>
> Please try to be a bit more descriptive about exactly what you have
> tried, what doesn't work, and which things you don't understand:
> then we will know enough to say something useful in response.
>
> 	Shawn Hargreaves.

well i am writing a game, a tomagotchi-like game.... and i need to test when
it;s time to crap... i was planing to do this by getting the time when he
eats... and store it in a varable... then i was go to check the time at the
begaining of the main loop... if > then a certain value then it would run the
crap routine... i hope that this will help u in asisting me. thanks
jason
masonjoyers AT hotamil DOT com



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