I’m trying to approach a problem of creating a realtime digital clock that you can set with a arbitrary time. (In the end the clock will effect the day/night cycle of the game)
My first thought was creating a texture with the numbers 0-9 and a colon like this-
0123456789:
then “sliding” several squares over the UV texture based upon a text attribute updated by a python script.
How do I move the UV “squares” around based on the text attribute? (Circled)
More generically, the game always starts a 7:15am and I’m thinking I have to use some time function of python to save what time it is and then adjust my clock.
I saw a post around here for a day/night cycle so I’ll append to that when I get the core clock figured out.
I, once again, answered my own question. Sometimes you have to power through the problem to come up with a solution.
Here is my very ugly and very hard coded answer to my own problem.
from bge import logic
uv_size=0.0797
cont = bge.logic.getCurrentController()
clock = cont.owner
mesh = clock.meshes[0] #access the mesh of the clock
clock_disp = clock["time"]
char_len=len(clock_disp)
#if the clock is 5 characters long, there is a "1" in the front
#else it's blank
if char_len==4:
first_uv=0.92
else:
first_uv=uv_size
#calculate the offsets on the UV map
fourth_uv = float(clock_disp[-1:])*uv_size
third_uv = float(clock_disp[-2:-1])*uv_size
second_uv = float(clock_disp[-4:-3])*uv_size
#map the UVs
#1st number
vert = mesh.getVertex(0,87)
uv = vert.getUV()
uv[0]=first_uv
vert.setUV(uv)
vert = mesh.getVertex(0,86)
uv = vert.getUV()
uv[0]=first_uv+uv_size
vert.setUV(uv)
vert = mesh.getVertex(0,84)
uv = vert.getUV()
uv[0]=first_uv
vert.setUV(uv)
vert = mesh.getVertex(0,85)
uv = vert.getUV()
uv[0]=first_uv+uv_size
vert.setUV(uv)
#2nd number
vert = mesh.getVertex(0,91)
uv = vert.getUV()
uv[0]=second_uv
vert.setUV(uv)
vert = mesh.getVertex(0,90)
uv = vert.getUV()
uv[0]=second_uv+uv_size
vert.setUV(uv)
vert = mesh.getVertex(0,88)
uv = vert.getUV()
uv[0]=second_uv
vert.setUV(uv)
vert = mesh.getVertex(0,89)
uv = vert.getUV()
uv[0]=second_uv+uv_size
vert.setUV(uv)
#3rd number
vert = mesh.getVertex(0,99)
uv = vert.getUV()
uv[0]=third_uv
vert.setUV(uv)
vert = mesh.getVertex(0,98)
uv = vert.getUV()
uv[0]=third_uv+uv_size
vert.setUV(uv)
vert = mesh.getVertex(0,96)
uv = vert.getUV()
uv[0]=third_uv
vert.setUV(uv)
vert = mesh.getVertex(0,97)
uv = vert.getUV()
uv[0]=third_uv+uv_size
vert.setUV(uv)
#4th number
vert = mesh.getVertex(0,31)
uv = vert.getUV()
uv[0]=fourth_uv
vert.setUV(uv)
vert = mesh.getVertex(0,30)
uv = vert.getUV()
uv[0]=fourth_uv+uv_size
vert.setUV(uv)
vert = mesh.getVertex(0,28)
uv = vert.getUV()
uv[0]=fourth_uv
vert.setUV(uv)
vert = mesh.getVertex(0,29)
uv = vert.getUV()
uv[0]=fourth_uv+uv_size
vert.setUV(uv)
For those who wish to follow in my footsteps, what you need to do is find the vertexes you want to change. I did this by moving a “square” off the texture to lower right and see what uv verts went negative. Then I had to figure out the size of each number on the VP map and coded everything up. It’s messy, but it works.
