animationmgr: avoid redundant ticks

3 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/src/helpers/AnimatedVariable.cpp b/src/helpers/AnimatedVariable.cpp
index 2961439d..450826f9 100644
--- a/src/helpers/AnimatedVariable.cpp
+++ b/src/helpers/AnimatedVariable.cpp
@@ -82,8 +82,11 @@ float CAnimatedVariable::getCurveValue() {
 }
 
 void CAnimatedVariable::connectToActive() {
+    g_pAnimationManager->scheduleTick(); // otherwise the animation manager will never pick this up
+
     if (!m_bIsConnectedToActive)
         g_pAnimationManager->m_vActiveAnimatedVariables.push_back(this);
+
     m_bIsConnectedToActive = true;
 }
 
diff --git a/src/helpers/Timer.cpp b/src/helpers/Timer.cpp
index 33162d30..6847567a 100644
--- a/src/helpers/Timer.cpp
+++ b/src/helpers/Timer.cpp
@@ -14,4 +14,8 @@ int CTimer::getMillis() {
 
 float CTimer::getSeconds() {
     return std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::milliseconds>(getDuration()).count() / 1000.f;
+}
+
+const std::chrono::system_clock::time_point& CTimer::chrono() const {
+    return m_tpLastReset;
 }
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diff --git a/src/helpers/Timer.hpp b/src/helpers/Timer.hpp
index 7b5bfc9d..4ab0d294 100644
--- a/src/helpers/Timer.hpp
+++ b/src/helpers/Timer.hpp
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 
 class CTimer {
   public:
-    void  reset();
-    float getSeconds();
-    int   getMillis();
+    void                                         reset();
+    float                                        getSeconds();
+    int                                          getMillis();
+    const std::chrono::system_clock::time_point& chrono() const;
 
   private:
     std::chrono::system_clock::time_point m_tpLastReset;