Innacurate time using "Every x second"?

Hi folks!

I'm trying to create a time bar for a turn-based game. However I've stumbled upon a problem that I don't know if its a bug, or I'm missing something.

When I used "Every 1 second" things were fine. But for a 10 second turn, this bar will be pretty much useless (growing 10% at a time), so I decided to use "Every 0.1 second" - this way it would grow 1% at a time and reach the 100% nicely.

But I noticed time wasn't accurate anymore.

I went further and created a "Every 0.01 second" to check it out, and yes, it runs even slower. Tried sticking the magical "* dt" on the event part just to see if the numbers would at least even up, but it didn't work either.

I made a demo test, using 5 seconds as the turn time:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7324985/Every_Second_Test.capx

I don't know if this is a bug - if the "Every Second" event allows me to use fractions of second, then I'd classify it as a bug - but what's the best way to solve this?! I wanted to keep the global variable CycleSeconds so I can easily change the turn's time.

Thanks!

I'm not sure but would it be more accurate if you would add dt on every step to CycleTest and then set the text to "Every 1 second: " & floor(CycleTest1)?

This is actually a bug which should be fixed in the next build.

FIX] System 'Every X seconds' drifted off in accuracy over time, should be more accurate now

Great Ashley! Thanks!

You can close the topic, move it to bugs...