From d3715eece8ae363dd237c50c1ac836615bf9c434 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dominic Masters <dominic@domsplace.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2026 18:16:46 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] Time and tick helpers

---
 src/dusk/rpg/entity/entityanim.h |  8 ++++----
 src/dusk/time/time.h             | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/dusk/rpg/entity/entityanim.h b/src/dusk/rpg/entity/entityanim.h
index ccd425e6..91390682 100644
--- a/src/dusk/rpg/entity/entityanim.h
+++ b/src/dusk/rpg/entity/entityanim.h
@@ -6,11 +6,11 @@
  */
 
 #pragma once
-#include "dusk.h"
+#include "time/time.h"
 
-#define ENTITY_ANIM_TURN_DURATION 0.06f
-#define ENTITY_ANIM_WALK_DURATION 0.1f
-#define ENTITY_ANIM_RUN_DURATION 0.05f
+#define ENTITY_ANIM_TURN_DURATION TIME_TICKS_TO_TIME(2)
+#define ENTITY_ANIM_WALK_DURATION TIME_TICKS_TO_TIME(6)
+#define ENTITY_ANIM_RUN_DURATION TIME_TICKS_TO_TIME(3)
 
 typedef struct entity_s entity_t;
 
diff --git a/src/dusk/time/time.h b/src/dusk/time/time.h
index a4b38f25..68f53537 100644
--- a/src/dusk/time/time.h
+++ b/src/dusk/time/time.h
@@ -13,6 +13,22 @@
   #define DUSK_TIME_STEP (16.0f / 1000.0f)
 #endif
 
+/**
+ * Converts a fixed-step tick count to a duration in seconds.
+ * 
+ * @param ticks The number of ticks to convert.
+ * @return The duration in seconds.
+ */
+#define TIME_TICKS_TO_TIME(ticks) ((float_t)(ticks) * DUSK_TIME_STEP)
+
+/**
+ * Converts a duration in seconds to a fixed-step tick count.
+ *
+ * @param seconds The duration in seconds to convert.
+ * @return The number of ticks.
+ */
+#define TIME_TIME_TO_TICKS(seconds) ((int32_t)((seconds) / DUSK_TIME_STEP))
+
 #ifdef DUSK_TIME_DYNAMIC
   #ifndef timeTickPlatform
     #error "DUSK_TIME_DYNAMIC needs tick method defined"