Get DeltaTime

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A general purpose way to determine the time lapsed since a function 
or method was last called. Useful for loops where you want to lerp 
over time or to have cooldowns on abilities or interactions.
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    var PreviousTime : float = 0.0 #add this outside of GetDeltaTime to retain the value between calls

    GetDeltaTime() : float = 
        
        var DeltaTime : float = 0.0

        # ensures that first call will return a zero as no prior time exists
        if (PreviousTime = 0.0):
            set PreviousTime = GetSimulationElapsedTime()
            return DeltaTime
        
        # returns the time lapsed since the last call
        else:    
            CurrentTime := GetSimulationElapsedTime()
            set DeltaTime = CurrentTime - PreviousTime
            set PreviousTime = CurrentTime
        
        return DeltaTime
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Get DeltaTime

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