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Roavid
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Hi i am currently making a ideal game and I was how I would go about making so it kept track of what you were earning when the game was closed. Many thanks I'm advance
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Ideal Game Help
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I'll assume that you meant "idle game".
The basics go roughly like this: When exiting the game, save the time it was closed at. You can use current_time to get the current time.
When opening it again, calculate the difference between the time now and the time when it was closed.
Use that with a formula that provides you with the average gain during that time period. For example, if you gain 5 gold for every second while the game is closed and had it closed for 60 seconds, you'd gain 5 * 60 = 300 gold.
The basics go roughly like this: When exiting the game, save the time it was closed at. You can use current_time to get the current time.
When opening it again, calculate the difference between the time now and the time when it was closed.
Use that with a formula that provides you with the average gain during that time period. For example, if you gain 5 gold for every second while the game is closed and had it closed for 60 seconds, you'd gain 5 * 60 = 300 gold.
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Roavid
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Yes thank you this is exactly what I needed. I had no idea that function existed I was planning on using a server to track when the player logs in and logs out and having their score attached to a player ID. But this is perfect. Thank you
ophelius
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You may also want to save and retrieve your data with base64_encode and base64_decode in order for people to not tamper with the time codes to cheat, it'll make sure the file is scrambled when looking at it from a text editor:
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It might be a good idea to save the time every 5-15 minutes or so even if the player doesn't close the game. If they force quit the game (or it crashes, or they have a power outage), the time normally wouldn't be saved on-quit. This could make them lose progress... or gain too much progress, since it now will look like they haven't played the game since the PREVIOUS time they played it.
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Roavid
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Thank you for your support guys the answers submitted have really helped and i appreciate it. 
and yes i did mean Idle lol.
and yes i did mean Idle lol.