Component:AuthorityTimeBase: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 19:06, 10 July 2024

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**Authority Time Base** component as seen in the Scene Inspector

The AuthorityTimeBase component allows for fine-grained control over the world time with a certain speed and with respect to a given offset.

Fields

Fields
Name	Type	Description
`persistent`	Bool	Determines whether or not this item will be saved to the server.
`UpdateOrder`	Int	Controls the order in which this component is updated.
`Enabled`	Bool	Controls whether or not this component is enabled.
`BaseSpeed`	Float	Speed of the time base.
`_actualSpeed`	Float	Actual speed of the time base. Should not be written to or driven.
`_actualOffset`	Double	Offset of the time base from the current world time. Can be written to or driven perfectly fine.

Usage

The output of the component is the current world time (as a Double) multiplied by the BaseSpeed, minus the _actualOffset.

The output of the component is accessed by sourcing the component itself. To write to the current time of the component, you write to said source. When writing to the component source, _actualOffset is automatically updated to reflect the correct time. When writing to BaseSpeed, _actualOffset is automatically updated to keep the same time. Writing to _actualOffset does not affect any other fields.

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 The output of the component is the current world time (as a [[Type:Double|Double]]) multiplied by the <code>BaseSpeed</code>, minus the <code>_actualOffset</code>.
-The output of the component is accessed by sourcing the component itself. To write to the current time of the component, you write to said source. When writing to the component source, <code>_actualOffset</code> is automatically updated to reflect the correct time. When writing to <code>BaseSpeed</code>, <code>_actualOffset</code> is automatically updated to keep the same time. Writing to <code>_actualOffset</code> does not affect any other fields.
+The output of the component is accessed by [[ProtoFlux:Source|sourcing]] the component itself. To write to the current time of the component, you write to said source. When writing to the component source, <code>_actualOffset</code> is automatically updated to reflect the correct time. When writing to <code>BaseSpeed</code>, <code>_actualOffset</code> is automatically updated to keep the same time. Writing to <code>_actualOffset</code> does not affect any other fields.
 == Examples ==
+[[File:AuthorityTimeBase_ProtoFlux.png|thumb|center|500px|An example that displays the currently computed time, allows it to be set back to 0 and that sets the speed to go forward (+1) or backward (-1) in time]]
 == See Also ==