The La Li Lu Le Lo?

Needs timer handeling:

create timer returns a timer ID/object
then a pause, stop and reset commands that are part of the object or take the ID

I am assuming this is for Dark Basic rather than an OOP language (although if you are going to write it in C++ or GDK then it isnt too difficult, Ill give a short example of that too)

int CreateNewTimer:

This is something that counts miliseconds, (I'm not sure what the DB command to do this is but im sure you can find a way). All this function will do is tell the program that there is going to be a new timer and returns the ID.

StartTimer(int Timer ID)

This will take the ID of the timer that you would like to start counting miliseconds and starts it going

StopTimer(int Timer ID)

This will tell it to stop counting miliseconds (probably not going to be needed but worth adding for a sence of completion)

ResetTimer(int Timer ID)

Resets the timer, ie sets its value to 0;

In GDK or C++ simply place these functions within a class

class Timer
{
private:
unsigned int m_Time;
bool m_Stopped;

public:
Timer() { m_Time = 0; m_Stopped = false } // Constructor basically your CreateNewTimer function
~Timer() // Destructor, required to destroy the object

void SetTime(int Time) { m_Timer = Time; }
bool GetStopped() { return m_Stopped; }

void StopTimer() { m_Stopped = true; }
void StartTimer() { m_Stopped = false; }
void ResetTimer() { m_Time = 0; }

};

int main()
{
Timer MyTimer;
while (true)
{
//unsigned int Time = GetTheTime;
if (!MyTimer.GetStopped)
MyTimer.SetTime(Time);
}
return 0;
}

I hope this clears things up a bit for you

I find a simple way of switching between windowed and full screen is a useful asset to a libary as well, although it is possible to do it in SDL i havnt really tested it as i think you have to delete the graphics engine then recreate it to go full screen which sounds like a scarey experience!

P.S. I just read my last comment back, man what was i thinking? Patronising or what? sorry mate...didn't mean it.

Added an AI section now. I want the engine to have path-finding capabilities.