TL;DR The in-game timer is now displayed live while running the game, check the resources tab!
Hello all! The in-game time project has been a long time in the making and I am happy to announce what should be the final iteration... a live timer display!
Summary: After honing my shockwave knowledge from the previous in-game time patch, I realized it might be possible to have a constantly updating in-game timer displayed on screen. After some beta testing I pitched the idea to TOMYSSHADOW who was once again happy to help! Below is a "casual" speedrun I did with this live timer, so you can see it in action:
Lazy Technical Details: In many ways, the things going on behind the scenes are simpler than the previous patch, since we already have all the code to calculate the patched in-game time at the end. Basically, we can just use the same math from the original in-game time patch, but now do the full calculation before every frame, updating our time display whenever the time increments. There is also a lot of tinkering that is done to have the camera properly display the time without causing lag, flickering, etc., but these things are totally not necessary to get the gist of the patch, and I would be bad at explaining them :)
Happy running!
