world.time

Description

World time.

Functions

Function	Description
setTimeout	Sets a timer which executes a function or specified piece of code once the timer expires.
setInterval	Repeatedly calls a function or executes a code snippet, with a fixed time delay between each call.
clearTimeout	Cancels a timeout previously established by calling setTimeout().
clearInterval	Cancels a timed, repeating action which was previously established by a call to setInterval().

Properties

Property	Description
elapsed	The number of milliseconds the world has been running for, excluding time spent while the world was paused.
delta	The number of milliseconds since the previous frame, excluding time jumps due to being paused.
absolute	The number of milliseconds that have elapsed since the world was created.
absoluteDelta	The number of milliseconds since the last frame, including large jumps of time if the world is resuming after being paused.

Examples

Timer

// start a timer
const timeout = world.time.setTimeout(() => {
 console.log('1000 ms have passed!')
}, 1000)

// clear a timer
world.time.clearTimeout(timeout)

Interval

// start an interval
const interval = world.time.setInterval(() => {
 console.log('Another 1000 ms have passed!') // This will be logged repeatedly 
}, 1000)

// clear an interval
world.time.clearInterval(interval)