Question

I have been following the tutorial on Microsofts website and they use GameTime to keep track of a few things. However when I create a new instance, it does not start counting and there is no function like .start() to start the timer. When I run the game the created object gameTime from GameTime remains at 0 for every element inside. Does anyone know how to use GameTime properly because obviously, I am doing it wrong 😉

-Thanks

Answer 1

You should not be creating an instance of the GameTime class and instead be using the gameTime parameter provided to the Draw() and Update() methods of the Game class:

TimeSpan totalGameTime = gameTime.TotalGameTime;

A good reference for Windows Phone 7 is Programming Windows Phone 7, a free e-book by Charles Petzold.