I want to make sprites appear with a random time delay

[ikarah]

I want to make certain sprites appear with a random time delay. For some reason just putting in this code in the beginning of main to begin with.


   sf::Clock clock;
      Time time1 = clock.getElapsedTime();
      Time time2 = clock.restart();

It gives me an error that time is an undeclared identifier? How can I go about doing this. 

[eXpl0it3r]

Probably because it's missing the sf:: namespace?

[ikarah]

Yes I figured it out by doing this

sf::Clock Clock;
   sf::Time time;
      time = Clock.getElapsedTime();
      Clock.restart();

But how can I make sprites appear at random times within a certain time range somehow?

Also when I do something like this

if (time.asSeconds() >= 10.0f) {
            Window.draw(Player1);
         }

It just doesn't work. The code runs fine but nothing is drawn after the 10 seconds pass

[Arcade]

You don't really give enough information about your code to tell what is going wrong. I'll try to take some guesses though.

sf::Clock Clock;
sf::Time time;
time = Clock.getElapsedTime();
Clock.restart();
 

Clock.getElapsedTime() returns the amount of time since the clock was constructed or last restarted. You are constructing the clock right before this call, so not much time will have passed at all. If you aren't reading from the clock again later in your code in a loop or something then your time variable certainly won't be 10 seconds.

Also, make sure you are displaying your window after you draw to it.

[eXpl0it3r]

Time only holds a certain duration, e.g. like 2s or 500ms, it doesn't change unless you assign it a new value.

You can use the clock and generate random numbers with the functions found in the C++ header <random>.

[ikarah]

Ok I will clarify,

As a test I first created the following:

sf::Clock clock;
   sf::Time time;
      time = clock.getElapsedTime();
   while (Window.isOpen()) {
      sf::Event Event;
      while (Window.pollEvent(Event)) {
         sf::Time t1 = sf::seconds(10.0);
         time = clock.getElapsedTime();
         std::cout << time.asSeconds() << std::endl;
         std::cout << t1.asSeconds() << std::endl;

         if (time.asSeconds() >= t1.asSeconds()) {
            std::cout << "player 1 is drawn";

         }

With this code I do in fact get "Player 1 is drawn" on the console after 10 seconds. However when I place the following code,

Window.draw(PlayerTwo); in the if statement and i already defined the sprite image and texture before in main. Nothing gets drawn on my window. What is going on here? There are no errors too.

[Hapax]

make sure you are displaying your window after you draw to it.

You did not answer this.
Are you using window.display()?

[ikarah]

Yes of course window display and window clear

[Hapax]

Where is your clear? Is just before your display (but after your draw)?

[ikarah]

It is after my window draw and window display. Is this what's causing the issue?

[ikarah]

Ok so I removed the window clear and my code worked but now the sprite is flashing non stop I want it to be a stable image. What is causing this flashing if the condition of the time has been met?

I figured that this was due to me placing the code in the event poll area instead of the window open area.. Now how can I generate a random time within a certain time range for example. Generate random seconds between 5-10 seconds?

Also I realized that it will continue to draw the sprite continuously since the condition was met I only want it to draw the sprite once and thats it. How can I do that?

[eXpl0it3r]

So you removed all clear statements?

You should always clear(), draw(), display().

[ikarah]

That advice worked perfectly. Now, how can I make random variables?
float x for example

I want x to carry random numbers in a certain range? For example from 5-9

[korczurekk]

So you removed all clear statements?

You should always clear(), draw(), display().

clear() isn't always needed, well, it's useless in almost every bigger project which overwrites whole screen with some background.

That advice worked perfectly. Now, how can I make random variables?
float x for example

I want x to carry random numbers in a certain range? For example from 5-9

Use something like this:

rand() % (9 - 5) + 5;
or
rand() % (9 - 5 + 1) + 5;

EIDT: Or if you want floating point value like 0.01:
static_cast<float>(rand() % (900 - 500) + 500) / 100.f;

[eXpl0it3r]

clear() isn't always needed, well, it's useless in almost every bigger project which overwrites whole screen with some background

This is wrong. SFML requires you to call clear, due to double buffering.