Sync Device and Game Time

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Is possible that the game shows the same time as the device its been played in. How can I do that? I want to add different animations for morning, afternoon and evening. If a person would open the game in the morning a certain animation would be in effect, and if he would open it in the evening the evening animation would come into effect. Is there a way to do this?

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var currentTime = new Date();
currentTime = currentTime.getHours();
runtimeScene.getVariables().get("time").setString(currentTime);

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EDIT:
https://forum.gdevelop.io/t/solved-current-date-and-time-in-variable
http://wiki.compilgames.net/doku.php/gdevelop5/all-features/expression…

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Also, even without Javascript, there is a built in expression for Time:
http://wiki.compilgames.net/doku.php/gdevelop5/all-features/expressions-reference#time

Time(“hour”) would basically be the same as the new Date()/.getHours() javascript function.

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Thanks man very much!

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I didn’t understand, how would you input that?

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I mean, I don’t understand what you’re trying to do, so I can’t provide exact guidance on where you would use it, however you can use that expression for any action or condition that supports a number.

If you just want to display the current time, it’d be like, a text object where you modify the text through an event, but then set the text to ToString(Time(“Hours”) + “:” + Time(“Minutes”))

Or if you wanted to store, say, “This is the last hour of the day the user played” You could simply do “Change value of Global Variable “Last Played” = Time(“Hours”)” and it’ll store a global variable with the current hour of the day based off whenever you fire off the action.

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