Help with Timer counting minutes, seconds and milliseconds

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#1

So as i’m working on my JToH Fangame, i really wanted a timer. However, i dont know what scripts to use for a timer thats counting minutes, seconds and milliseconds.

Any help would be appreciated! :slightly_smiling_face: :+1:

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#2

oops my bad

time = 0
while true do
time +1
end
#3

is that countdown or second counting?

#4

what i mean is, it goes to 00:00:00 and never ends till someone reaches the winpad, and the timer stops

#5

i will try that if it works brb

#6

will the time be displayed on GUI?

#7

yeah it will. background transparent black, text white and font cartoon

#8

have you scripted the gui yet?

#9

yeah wait i need to go studio brb

#10

local StartTime
local TSeconds = 0
local Minutes = 0
local Seconds = 0
local Mseconds = 0
local Started = false
local GL
local TS=game:GetService’TweenService’
function game.ReplicatedStorage.RequestTime.OnClientInvoke()
return TSeconds,Minutes,Seconds,Mseconds
end
function game.ReplicatedStorage.RequestToolInfo.OnClientInvoke()
return GL
end
function _G:ToggleRestartLabel(v)
local info=TweenInfo.new(v and _G.QuickResetDelay or 3 or .5,Enum.EasingStyle.Linear,Enum.EasingDirection.Out)
local tw=TS:Create(script.Parent.Restart,info,{TextTransparency=v and 0 or 1})
tw:Play()
end
game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character:WaitForChild(“Humanoid”).ChildAdded:Connect(function(Object)
if Object.Name == “InTower” then
if Started ~= true then
Started = true
GL = {}
StartTime = workspace.DistributedGameTime
local TowerName = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character:WaitForChild(“Humanoid”):WaitForChild(“InTower”).Value
repeat
wait()
local findgear = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character:FindFirstChildOfClass(“Tool”)
if findgear then
–if findgear.Name == “Vertical Mobility” or findgear.Name == “Bootleg Coil” then
–for index,value in pairs(GL) do
– if index == findgear.Name then
– print(GL[index])
GL[findgear.Name] = true
– end
–end
–end
end
TSeconds=math.floor(workspace.DistributedGameTime-StartTime)
Minutes = math.floor(math.floor(workspace.DistributedGameTime-StartTime)/(601))
Seconds = math.floor(math.floor(workspace.DistributedGameTime-StartTime)/(1))%(60)
Mseconds = math.floor((workspace.DistributedGameTime-StartTime)(100))%(100)
script.Parent.TextLabel.Text = string.format(‘%s:%02i.%02i’,Minutes,Seconds,Mseconds)
until game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character:WaitForChild(“Humanoid”).Health <= 0 or game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character:WaitForChild(“Humanoid”):FindFirstChild(“InTower”) == nil
local Win = game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character:FindFirstChild(“Humanoid”):FindFirstChild(“Win”)
if Win then
if TowerName ~= “ToA” or TowerName ~= “ToM” then
– game.ReplicatedStorage.WinTower:FireServer(“["..game.Players.LocalPlayer.Name.."]:”…" has beaten: “…”"..findabbr(TowerName).."“…” in “…(”"..Minutes..":"..Seconds..":"..Mseconds.."“)…”\n Used VM: “…”“…VM…”“…”\n Used BGC: “…”“…BGC…”")
game.ReplicatedStorage.WinTower:FireServer(TowerName,Minutes,Seconds,Mseconds,GL)
end
end
if game.Players.LocalPlayer.Character:FindFirstChild(“Humanoid”).Health ~= 0 and Win then
–game.ReplicatedStorage.ServerMessage:FireServer(TowerName,Minutes,Seconds,Mseconds)
end
wait(1)
script.Parent.TextLabel.Text = “0:00.00”
Started = false
end
end
end)

#11

ik not well pasted but i tried okay

#12

and yes its a local script, so yeah

#13

local count = 0
while true do
count = count +1
wait(1)
end

Here is your second counter

#14

Easier:

local count = 0
while true do
count += 1
wait(1)
end
#15

oh well i meant it goes from 00:00.00 (first one is minutes, second one is seconds and third one is milliseconds) and it wont stop till the player reaches the winpad (timer starts when player enters tower portal)

#16

Just do some maths based off the counter and here you go.
For hours it is seconds/3600
For minutes it is seconds/60
For miliseconds it is seconds*100

#17

I suggest you use RunService and a variable that holds a timestamp such as os.clock().

local RunService = game:GetService'RunService'
local TextLabel = script.Parent

-- Save a time when you start the tower
local Start = os.clock()

local Timer = RunService.Heartbeat:Connect(function()
	-- The time in seconds that has elapsed since the "Start" time
	local Elapsed = os.clock() - Start
	-- Get the minutes elapsed by dividing the current seconds by 60
	-- and rounding down with math.floor
	local Minutes = math.floor(Elapsed / 60)
	-- Get the seconds elapsed by getting the remainder of a
	-- division by 60 and then rounding it down
	local Seconds = math.floor(Elapsed % 60)
	-- Get the milliseconds elapsed by getting the remainder of a
	-- division by 1 (aka just the decimal number)
	local Milliseconds = (Elapsed % 1) * 100
	-- Since you wanted your time to look like 00:00.00,
	-- the format you want is "%.2d : %.2d . %.2d"
	-- %.2d is just a format that makes a number always have at least 2 digits
	-- (00, 01, 09, etc.)
	TextLabel.Text = string.format("%.2d:%.2d.%.2d", Minutes, Seconds, Milliseconds)
end)

You would obviously need to implement this into your game properly to restart the timer whenever you restart a tower, save the time when you finish a tower, etc.

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#18

Yo hey, how can i start the timer Manual and reset it, like for a Race?