GetGameTime

Gets the current relative game time.

Syntax

Lua
function Engine.GetGameTime();

Type: number
Returns a relative game time in seconds.

Gets the current game time as a relative value that can be used for delta time processing.

This example demonstrates using GetGameTime to calculate the delta time over multiple updates for performing animations.

Calculating Delta Time
local currentGameTime = Turbine.Engine.GetGameTime(); local delta = currentGameTime - previousGameTime; previousGameTime = currentGameTime; -- Performing a translation from one position to another over a 5 -- second period. self:SetLeft( self.startLeft + ( self.endLeft - self.StartLeft ) * ( delta / 5 ) );