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Sources: SimTime.cs - Last Updated: 2021.07.18

SimTime Reference

In order for time-reliant decorators (cooldown, delay, interval, timeout, wait and perhaps others) to work as expected, the time should be correctly set.

  • In a video game, usually you want game time; this (ordinarily) is different from real time.
  • When evaluating a simulation, set the time at the beginning of each iteration.
  • For some applications, real time may be just what you need.

Setting the time

SimTime.time = 34.14f;  // Set the current time (unitless/client specific)

When do we need to set the time?

  • If all the agents/tickers in your game use the same time, consider setting SimTime.time at the beginning of each iteration (or game/physics frame)

  • In less common cases, different agents may each use their own time. For example, in a turn based game, 'tactical time' (round count) may be used to evaluate some agents while other parts of your game may use real time for animation.

Sim time is not thread safe - you may use sim time in a multi-threaded environment, provided all agents use the same time, and all threads complete work within the current iteration.

Note: in Unity, time defaults to UnityEngine.Time.time; you may change this on a stepper basis (see Steppers)

Fields & Properties

time - get/set the current time.