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About Countdown Timers

08-04-2003, 10:21 PM#1
cbc22
Allright... I tried using Countdown timers in a map I'm making... But alas! There is no Action that has something like

Countdown Timer - Create

Later I found out I could create at most 1 timer, by using:

Countdown Timer - Start (Last Created Timer)



But, of course, it's kinda sucky... What if you want to create more than 1 timer? Any help is most appreciated... :D
08-04-2003, 11:30 PM#2
HeX-MapMaker
You'd have to create more than one variable for timers... then u can use:

Start <timer> as a <One Shot Timer> that will expire in xx seconds.

And, for your sake, please do not use <last created timer>. That is just bougjhuy-dujy
08-05-2003, 12:20 AM#3
Monkey
well i think u can make one timer. then do something like make a variable of type timer(if there is one) and set its value to last created timer. then just do taht all again. but of course with a different variable name for the second timer.
so if u want to stop a timer or something, then just use their varible name for the timer. that will work much better.
08-05-2003, 07:53 PM#4
cbc22
Yes, thank you. I actually ran into it quite accidentally.

I found out that if you create a Timer variable, it's default value is a NEW TIMER. That means, that if you want to create, say 3 timers, then just define 3 variables...

It's kinda unusual for Blizzard to make timers like this... If they're consistent, they should have had something like:

Countdown Timer - Create

Anyway, thanks again for the replies! :D