GetTickCount

2012-12-29T18:21:43Z

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{{Server client function}}
This function returns amount of time that your system has been running in milliseconds. By comparing two values of [[getTickCount]], you can determine how much time has passed (in milliseconds) between two events. This could be used to determine how efficient your code is, or to time how long a player takes to complete a task.

==Syntax==
<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">int getTickCount ()</syntaxhighlight>

===Returns===
Returns an integer containing the number of milliseconds since the system the server is running on started. This has the potential to wrap-around.

==Example==
This will start a timer displayed at the top of the screen displayed every frame. You can log any specific moment in time by outputting the currentCount variable.

<syntaxhighlight lang="lua">screenX,screenY = guiGetScreenSize()
function startTheClock ()

if not systemUpTime then
systemUpTime = getTickCount () --Store the system tick count, this will be 0 for us
end

currentCount = getTickCount ()

dxDrawRectangle (screenX *.40, screenY * .09, 250, 50, tocolor(0,0,0,150))
dxDrawText ( currentCount - systemUpTime, screenX * .48, screenY * .1, screenX, screenY, tocolor(255,255,255), 2)
end
addEventHandler ( "onClientRender", root, startTheClock )</syntaxhighlight>

==See Also==
{{Utility functions}}

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