SFML game development book stopping a clock in another state

[devilswin]

So I am using the majority of the book's systems for my version of pong. However for my version of pong, I want to have a level system that has a countdown timer, and when the timer hits zero, a state is pushed that has a timer that says new level. Then in the gamestate, a class that has the attributes of the level increased.  I tried doing this, but the issue us that even though the pause state  or the new level state was pushed to the top, the sf:clock is still running, thus making this new state useless, as the level can end if the player sits in the pause screen for a given amount of time. I am on my phone posting this so I do apologize

[Hapax]

You could just restart the clock and time the next state from the beginning. If you need a overall time, you could add the time to a separate, accumulated time just before restarting (or during since restart also returns the elapsed time).

I believe that Thor has a callback timer, which may be of some interest to you, especially if you're already using Thor.

[Nexus]

You're measuring game time, not real time, so sf::Clock is the wrong tool.

A simple sf::Time variable which accumulates the frame time is a good choice. This automatically works when you pause the game, suspend a state, etc.

[devilswin]

Hmm, I will have enough to look into a way of doing that with the frame time, but it is stoppage? So that I could have a true pause. Now that I FINALLY got Thor working I could try the time classes in it.

[Nexus]

You didn't understand what I meant. You don't need any clocks, you need time values (sf::Time) which you accumulate.

[devilswin]

Ohhhhhh I see now, makes much more sense