how in c++ would i make a function that incremented a value by 1 at a set amount of seconds... say .001 seconds it increments x by 1 i dont know of any functions that do this, and im just learning to program.... any help is appreciated

if you''re in dos you would have to use the timer interrupt istself
i don''t come up with any other accurate ideas
and if you''re in windows
you can use SetTimer
or multimedia timer which are better

Arkon
[QSoft Systems]

Timing is a piece of cake in C++. Here''s an example:

// Example of timing using Win32 APIclass Timer{public:	Timer(DWORD Rate, void (* OnTime)())	~Timer();	bool Update();private:	DWORD Rate;	void (* OnTimePtr)();	};Timer::Timer(DWORD Rate, void (* OnTime)()) : Rate(Rate){	OnTimePtr = OnTime;	}Timer::~Timer(){}bool Timer::Update(){	static DWORD time = timeGetTime();	if (timeGetTime() - time >= Rate)	{		time = timeGetTime();		if (OnTimePtr)			OnTimePtr();		return true;	}	return false;}// OnTimer function void IcrementOnOneSecond(){	++somevar;}// Then in a class or somewhere:Timer timer(1000, IncrementOnOneSecond); // Create a new timer for 1 second// Then in the game/app loop or update area:timer.Update(); // Which checks time state and calls our init function 

Oh and BTW, this was a pretty rough timer I just wrote up for this reply, if something doesn''t work or it''s not efficient enough for your work, tell me.

oh i forgot to mention that way....

Arkon
[QSoft Systems]