I'm in the middle of making a real-time farming game set on local time, and I've got my backgrounds set up to change every 15 minutes. I was trying to set up a moon/sun that scrolls from the left of the screen to the right to simulate the sun/moon rise/set, and I'm trying to figure out if there's a better way to set up the movement rather than 96 if-statements or altering my backgrounds to include the moon/sun.

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shrubmaster wrote:

I'm in the middle of making a real-time farming game set on local time, and I've got my backgrounds set up to change every 15 minutes. I was trying to set up a moon/sun that scrolls from the left of the screen to the right to simulate the sun/moon rise/set, and I'm trying to figure out if there's a better way to set up the movement rather than 96 if-statements or altering my backgrounds to include the moon/sun.

Again, you could use a timer, and go like:

ResExsention wrote:

shrubmaster wrote:

I'm in the middle of making a real-time farming game set on local time, and I've got my backgrounds set up to change every 15 minutes. I was trying to set up a moon/sun that scrolls from the left of the screen to the right to simulate the sun/moon rise/set, and I'm trying to figure out if there's a better way to set up the movement rather than 96 if-statements or altering my backgrounds to include the moon/sun.

Again, you could use a timer, and go like:

NEVER use the equals wirth the built-in timer as you're very unlikely to hit the exact value - use inequality like greater than or less than. For example, the timer may go from 6.99 seconds to 7.02 seconds between one check and the next so (apparently) never be equal to 7.

deck26 wrote:

ResExsention wrote:

shrubmaster wrote:

I'm in the middle of making a real-time farming game set on local time, and I've got my backgrounds set up to change every 15 minutes. I was trying to set up a moon/sun that scrolls from the left of the screen to the right to simulate the sun/moon rise/set, and I'm trying to figure out if there's a better way to set up the movement rather than 96 if-statements or altering my backgrounds to include the moon/sun.

Again, you could use a timer, and go like:

NEVER use the equals wirth the built-in timer as you're very unlikely to hit the exact value - use inequality like greater than or less than. For example, the timer may go from 6.99 seconds to 7.02 seconds between one check and the next so (apparently) never be equal to 7.

Lol. My logic when I wrote that code was that a timer would always hit every value. Didn't know it was that inaccurate.

ResExsention wrote:

deck26 wrote:

ResExsention wrote:

shrubmaster wrote:

I'm in the middle of making a real-time farming game set on local time, and I've got my backgrounds set up to change every 15 minutes. I was trying to set up a moon/sun that scrolls from the left of the screen to the right to simulate the sun/moon rise/set, and I'm trying to figure out if there's a better way to set up the movement rather than 96 if-statements or altering my backgrounds to include the moon/sun.

Again, you could use a timer, and go like:

NEVER use the equals wirth the built-in timer as you're very unlikely to hit the exact value - use inequality like greater than or less than. For example, the timer may go from 6.99 seconds to 7.02 seconds between one check and the next so (apparently) never be equal to 7.

Lol. My logic when I wrote that code was that a timer would always hit every value. Didn't know it was that inaccurate.

It's accurate, not inaccurate.

Scratch will generally loop approx 30 times a second so roughly 0.033 seconds pass between one check of your if statement and the next. So the chances of you checking the time exactly on a whole second number are very slim.

I think I figured it out.

ResExsention wrote:

shrubmaster wrote:

I'm in the middle of making a real-time farming game set on local time, and I've got my backgrounds set up to change every 15 minutes. I was trying to set up a moon/sun that scrolls from the left of the screen to the right to simulate the sun/moon rise/set, and I'm trying to figure out if there's a better way to set up the movement rather than 96 if-statements or altering my backgrounds to include the moon/sun.

Again, you could use a timer, and go like:

it didnt work for me

Eisthebestletter wrote:

legendofv wrote:

ResExsention wrote:

shrubmaster wrote:

I'm in the middle of making a real-time farming game set on local time, and I've got my backgrounds set up to change every 15 minutes. I was trying to set up a moon/sun that scrolls from the left of the screen to the right to simulate the sun/moon rise/set, and I'm trying to figure out if there's a better way to set up the movement rather than 96 if-statements or altering my backgrounds to include the moon/sun.

Again, you could use a timer, and go like:

it didnt work for me

Don't Necropost.

It's not necroposting.

I actually have a Day/Night Cycle project to look at or use for reference or just download and re-time in your projects. https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/1118817116/