HI all.
I was wandering would it be possibly for Lee or some script Guru to write us a lua function that we can add in global lua
so that we can have a Pause in the script something like: Pause(3000) or what every could work , it would be so much easier if there was something like that, instead of always having to use timers or counters like ::
function StartTimer(e)
g_Entity[e]['timer'] = g_Time
end
it would save a lot of time if we could actually have something like that.
Anyone feels the same.?

Your script is executed *every* frame.

If you want the script to do nothing for a period of time then you will have to code that in the script, like this:

on a similar subject the ability to manipulate the time of the game would be really cool - AKA bullet time - i.e. slows down the game for everything apart from the player (think super hot or max payne)

Add it to GitHub as a suggestion, I'd love to see Lee's response!

@PCS
Please post script questions to the Scripts category
Moved to Scripts.

synchromesh, hmm yes sorry.

@AmenMoses, will put request in at GitHub

I was joking!

source

I don't think he wants to have GG grind to a complete halt!

Ok, also good because i don't know my way so nicely around GitHub.

Super Hot is an interesting concept. A relatively simple
SlowObject(e,p,t) -- I could see that being used- some time!
Add another timer- and triggers basically Amen's script...

it requires engine code to be more realistic as you would want the physics to also slow down (rag doll, explosions etc) otherwise yes you could fake it by slowing down animations and such

You cant' just 'slow down' animations and movement globally though, you would have to change every single script for every entity in the game, in addition to engine changes to somehow 'slow down' physics (which isn't really feasible in itself because there isn't a 'slow down' setting in Bullet anyhow, the closest you could get would be to set the default gravity to a very low value and the default damping to extremely high and even then that probably wouldn't be very realistic or predictable).

One thing that would definitely ruin the effect is that the AI would still fire their weapons at the same speed and as there aren't really any 'bullets' in the default weapons system so you still wouldn't be able to see them or dodge them.

So to recap: Engine changes to 'slow down' physics, a huge amount of scripting to allow movement and animation speed to be 'slowed down' and somehow replace the entire weapons system with one using physical 'bullets' and 'real' melee weapons.

I think Lee would ROTFLHAO!

Oh and of course I haven't even considered particle effects, lighting and sound!

Sounds quite elaborate indeed!
So anyhow guys, how are things going out there? Considering the world -wide
issues we've been facing -- Are some things getting in any sense of the word,
"back to normal" as we would like to see? Hope so for everyone.
Keep up the good work- and stay safe!

So there's no StepPhysics() like function in GG's core (which is in AGK and that also uses bullet so yes it is possible to slow it down)? That's a shame but yes, if the engine is not designed with full control of its own update in mind then it won't work easily.
It's a fun feature to play with though for sure, I use it all the time in my projects

If there are functions in AGK that would be nice to have in GG then by all means add a request for them on GitHub.

Oh! I don't know what I was thinking. LOL

it is so nice to have people around here that knows a lot more than me. thanks