Moose: How to get the current time?

Hi guys,

two questions here.

I want to calculate the time it take for a plane to go from zone A to zone B.

I wanted to use the standard LUA command os.time() but it seems that we cannot use it in DCS. Is the LUA interpreter too old?

What are my option to pickup the start time, end time and calculate the difference between them with moose?

All os commands are forbidden in DCS by default. Also io and lfs. You would need to comment out the sanatizeModule lines in the MissionScripting.lua in the DCS root/Scripts folder.

But you don't need that or Moose for what you want. Use the build in DCS timer functions https://wiki.hoggitworld.com/view/DCS_singleton_timer

Eg

timeA=timer.getTime()
....
timeB=timer.getTime()
....
deltaT=timeB-timeA  -- Duration between event A and B in Seconds.

All os commands are forbidden in DCS by default. Also io and lfs. You would need to comment out the sanatizeModule lines in the MissionScripting.lua in the DCS root/Scripts folder.

 

But you don't need that or Moose for what you want. Use the build in DCS timer functions https://wiki.hoggitworld.com/view/DCS_singleton_timer

 

Eg

 

timeA=timer.getTime()
....
timeB=timer.getTime()
....
deltaT=timeB-timeA  -- Duration between event A and B in Seconds.

This is EXACTLY what I was looking for. Thanks a LOT buddy!