Global timer - Revision history

Macrepeh: Added global timer overflow. The overflow should also have other effects but I have not tested them.

2022-06-18T23:22:47Z

Added global timer overflow. The overflow should also have other effects but I have not tested them.

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	The '''Global Timer''' is a variable that increases by 1 on every frame. Some events occur depending on the parity of the global timer, or depending on other functions such as trigonometric calculations, so [[pause buffering]] can be used to alter the state of the game.		The '''Global Timer''' is a variable that increases by 1 on every frame. Some events occur depending on the parity of the global timer, or depending on other functions such as trigonometric calculations, so [[pause buffering]] can be used to alter the state of the game.

	The Global Timer starts counting from the moment the console/emulator is powered on, and resets to 0 every time the game is reset. Many Objects and variables depend on the global timer to determine their course of actions on any given frame. Example: the coin display value in the [[HUD]] only goes up once the Global Timer is odd. This is why that with pause buffering, the coin display can fail to update for a certain amount of time.		The Global Timer starts counting from the moment the console/emulator is powered on, and resets to 0 every time the game is reset. Many Objects and variables depend on the global timer to determine their course of actions on any given frame. Example: the coin display value in the [[HUD]] only goes up once the Global Timer is odd. This is why that with pause buffering, the coin display can fail to update for a certain amount of time.

	==Phenomena Dependent on the Global Timer==		==Phenomena Dependent on the Global Timer==
	* The opacity of Bowser's shock waves is decreased by 1 when the global timer is not divisible by 3.		* The opacity of Bowser's shock waves is decreased by 1 when the global timer is not divisible by 3.
	* Waves created when an object is thrown into water will disappear when the global timer is a multiple of 16.		* Waves created when an object is thrown into water will disappear when the global timer is a multiple of 16.
	* Swoop's yaw and roll are dependent on the value of the global timer.		* Swoop's yaw and roll are dependent on the value of the global timer.
	~~<!--It does something with clouds gotta look into it more-->~~
	* Coffin's shaking movement and sound is dependent on the global timer.		* Coffin's shaking movement and sound is dependent on the global timer.
	* The LLL drawbridge only begins lowering or raising if the global timer is a multiple of 8.		* The LLL drawbridge only begins lowering or raising if the global timer is a multiple of 8.
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	* The JRB aquarium bubbles only spawn when the global timer is odd.		* The JRB aquarium bubbles only spawn when the global timer is odd.
	* Penguin [[Blinking]] is controlled by the global timer		* Penguin [[Blinking]] is controlled by the global timer
			* If held by Mario, the Baby Penguin will cry whenever the Global Timer is a multiple of 30.

			== Global Timer Overflow ==
			As the Global Timer's value is stored as an unsigned integer, the Global Timer will overflow to 0 if the game runs for 4,294,967,296, or 2^32, frames. As the game runs at 30 frames per second, this will take 143,165,576.533 seconds, or roughly 4.5 years, to occur. This can affect some of the Global Timer dependent behaviors mentioned above.

			* Penguin blinking will be interrupted so that the Penguin's eyes go from being fully closed to fully open when the overflow occurs.
			* If Mario is holding the Baby Penguin at least 16 frames before the overflow occurs, the Baby Penguin will cry and then cry again as soon as the timer overflows, 14 frames earlier than another cry would start normally.

	[[Category:Mechanics]]		[[Category:Mechanics]]

MMMMMMMMMMMMM: MMMMMMMMMMMMM moved page Global Timer to Global timer over redirect: Sentence casify the wiki

2021-05-11T01:36:59Z

MMMMMMMMMMMMM moved page Global Timer to Global timer over redirect: Sentence casify the wiki

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SuperHamster: Removing repeated boldings of title

2021-05-08T03:24:51Z

Removing repeated boldings of title

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	The '''Global Timer''' is a variable that increases by 1 on every frame. Some events occur depending on the parity of the global timer, or depending on other functions such as trigonometric calculations, so [[pause buffering]] can be used to alter the state of the game.		The '''Global Timer''' is a variable that increases by 1 on every frame. Some events occur depending on the parity of the global timer, or depending on other functions such as trigonometric calculations, so [[pause buffering]] can be used to alter the state of the game.

	The ~~'''~~Global Timer~~'''~~ starts counting from the moment the console/emulator is powered on, and resets to 0 every time the game is reset. Many Objects and variables depend on the global timer to determine their course of actions on any given frame. Example: the coin display value in the [[HUD]] only goes up once the ~~'''~~Global Timer~~'''~~ is odd. This is why that with pause buffering, the coin display can fail to update for a certain amount of time.		The Global Timer starts counting from the moment the console/emulator is powered on, and resets to 0 every time the game is reset. Many Objects and variables depend on the global timer to determine their course of actions on any given frame. Example: the coin display value in the [[HUD]] only goes up once the Global Timer is odd. This is why that with pause buffering, the coin display can fail to update for a certain amount of time.

	==Phenomena Dependent on the Global Timer==		==Phenomena Dependent on the Global Timer==
	* The opacity of Bowser's shock waves is decreased by 1 when the global timer is not divisible by 3.		* The opacity of Bowser's shock waves is decreased by 1 when the global timer is not divisible by 3.
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	* The JRB aquarium bubbles only spawn when the global timer is odd.		* The JRB aquarium bubbles only spawn when the global timer is odd.
	* Penguin [[Blinking]] is controlled by the global timer		* Penguin [[Blinking]] is controlled by the global timer

	[[Category:Mechanics]]		[[Category:Mechanics]]

Macrepeh: /* Phenomena Dependent on the Global Timer */

2021-04-29T03:42:27Z

Phenomena Dependent on the Global Timer

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	* The time it takes for Mario to be able to grab Hoot again after letting go of him is dependent on the global timer.		* The time it takes for Mario to be able to grab Hoot again after letting go of him is dependent on the global timer.
	* The JRB aquarium bubbles only spawn when the global timer is odd.		* The JRB aquarium bubbles only spawn when the global timer is odd.
			* Penguin [[Blinking]] is controlled by the global timer
	[[Category:Mechanics]]		[[Category:Mechanics]]

Macrepeh at 05:33, 12 January 2021

2021-01-12T05:33:37Z

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	* Blowing wind spawns large particles when the global timer is even and small particles when the global timer is odd.		* Blowing wind spawns large particles when the global timer is even and small particles when the global timer is odd.
	* Water ripples created when Mario moves in water only spawn if the global timer is even.		* Water ripples created when Mario moves in water only spawn if the global timer is even.
			* The time it takes for Mario to be able to grab Hoot again after letting go of him is dependent on the global timer.
	* The JRB aquarium bubbles only spawn when the global timer is odd.		* The JRB aquarium bubbles only spawn when the global timer is odd.
			[[Category:Mechanics]]

Portalastical64: Added "is"

2020-05-30T21:27:11Z

Added "is"

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	The '''Global Timer''' is a variable that increases by 1 on every frame. Some events occur depending on the parity of the global timer, or depending on other functions such as trigonometric calculations, so [[pause buffering]] can be used to alter the state of the game.		The '''Global Timer''' is a variable that increases by 1 on every frame. Some events occur depending on the parity of the global timer, or depending on other functions such as trigonometric calculations, so [[pause buffering]] can be used to alter the state of the game.

	The '''Global Timer''' starts counting from the moment the console/emulator is powered on, and resets to 0 every time the game is reset. Many Objects and variables depend on the global timer to determine their course of actions on any given frame. Example: the coin display value in the [[HUD]] only goes up once the '''Global Timer''' is odd. This why that with pause buffering, the coin display can fail to update for a certain amount of time.		The '''Global Timer''' starts counting from the moment the console/emulator is powered on, and resets to 0 every time the game is reset. Many Objects and variables depend on the global timer to determine their course of actions on any given frame. Example: the coin display value in the [[HUD]] only goes up once the '''Global Timer''' is odd. This is why that with pause buffering, the coin display can fail to update for a certain amount of time.
	==Phenomena Dependent on the Global Timer==		==Phenomena Dependent on the Global Timer==
	* The opacity of Bowser's shock waves is decreased by 1 when the global timer is not divisible by 3.		* The opacity of Bowser's shock waves is decreased by 1 when the global timer is not divisible by 3.

Macrepeh: added a few more things dependent on global timer

2020-03-09T02:30:21Z

added a few more things dependent on global timer

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	The '''Global Timer''' starts counting from the moment the console/emulator is powered on, and resets to 0 every time the game is reset. Many Objects and variables depend on the global timer to determine their course of actions on any given frame. Example: the coin display value in the [[HUD]] only goes up once the '''Global Timer''' is odd. This why that with pause buffering, the coin display can fail to update for a certain amount of time.		The '''Global Timer''' starts counting from the moment the console/emulator is powered on, and resets to 0 every time the game is reset. Many Objects and variables depend on the global timer to determine their course of actions on any given frame. Example: the coin display value in the [[HUD]] only goes up once the '''Global Timer''' is odd. This why that with pause buffering, the coin display can fail to update for a certain amount of time.
			==Phenomena Dependent on the Global Timer==
			* The opacity of Bowser's shock waves is decreased by 1 when the global timer is not divisible by 3.
			* Waves created when an object is thrown into water will disappear when the global timer is a multiple of 16.
			* Swoop's yaw and roll are dependent on the value of the global timer.
			<!--It does something with clouds gotta look into it more-->
			* Coffin's shaking movement and sound is dependent on the global timer.
			* The LLL drawbridge only begins lowering or raising if the global timer is a multiple of 8.
			* Blowing wind spawns large particles when the global timer is even and small particles when the global timer is odd.
			* Water ripples created when Mario moves in water only spawn if the global timer is even.
			* The JRB aquarium bubbles only spawn when the global timer is odd.

SuperM789 at 04:49, 2 December 2019

2019-12-02T04:49:44Z

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	The '''Global Timer''' is a variable that increases by 1 on every frame. Some events occur depending on the parity of the global timer, or depending on other functions such as trigonometric calculations, so [[pause buffering]] can be used to alter the state of the game.		The '''Global Timer''' is a variable that increases by 1 on every frame. Some events occur depending on the parity of the global timer, or depending on other functions such as trigonometric calculations, so [[pause buffering]] can be used to alter the state of the game.

			The '''Global Timer''' starts counting from the moment the console/emulator is powered on, and resets to 0 every time the game is reset. Many Objects and variables depend on the global timer to determine their course of actions on any given frame. Example: the coin display value in the [[HUD]] only goes up once the '''Global Timer''' is odd. This why that with pause buffering, the coin display can fail to update for a certain amount of time.

Nim: Nim moved page Global timer to Global Timer: capitalization

2019-05-30T04:34:14Z

Nim moved page Global timer to Global Timer: capitalization

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Nim at 04:33, 30 May 2019

2019-05-30T04:33:53Z

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	The Global Timer is a variable that increases by 1 on every frame. Some events occur depending on the parity of the global timer, or depending on other functions such as trigonometric calculations, so [[pause buffering]] can be used to alter the state of the game.		{{stub}}

			The '''Global Timer''' is a variable that increases by 1 on every frame. Some events occur depending on the parity of the global timer, or depending on other functions such as trigonometric calculations, so [[pause buffering]] can be used to alter the state of the game.