Show "time left" for a slow quest that never says done too early or "0 minutes"

The label says ready or zero minutes while the bar is still short, or it shows two minutes when only one second more was needed, because of tiny errors in decimals. Here is how to round, when to switch to days, and what to print when nothing is moving.

Why this works

A time left is a promise that nothing will be ready before it. Rounding up can only ever be a little late, never early, so the label never says done while the bar is short. Tiny decimal errors are wiped out first.

When not to use it

Skip it when the player needs a running clock to the second, as in a race or a short fuse, or when the speed swings so much that any estimate is wrong. Show a live countdown or just the bar there.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 4 common mistakes and the fix
• A diagram of every state
• 17 lines of example code with 4 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

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Use the Spielerando entry "Show "time left" for a slow quest that never says done too early or "0 minutes"" (read_entry quest-time-left-rounds-up-not-nearest) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

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