Noobish Countdown Timer Question

09-06-2004, 12:12 AM

Hi im trying to make a countdown timer that is one shot and will last 20 minutes

The timer works and everything ( i e the gate explodes at 20 minutes)
but the countdown timer appears and theres a title just no numbers counting down!!!!

heres the code

Events

Time -elasped game time is 0.01 seconds

Conditions -NONE

Actions- Start (Expiring Timer) as a one shot timer that will expire in 1200.00 seconds

Countdown Timer - Create a timer window for (Last started timer) with title Game Ends

Tried using show / hide timer command ... any help please

09-06-2004, 09:14 AM

SpadeZ

The "(Expiring Timer)" variable needs to used in a trigger with the event "Timer Expires". So you wouldn't normally put "Countdown Timer - Start (Expiring timer) as a One-shot timer that will expire in 1200.00 seconds" unless you have an event similar to "Timer Expires".

If you wanted to create a new timer window, then make a trigger similar to this.

Code:

    Events
        Time - Elapsed game time is 0.01 seconds
    Conditions
    Actions
        Countdown Timer - Create a timer window for (Create a periodic One-shot timer lasting 1200.00) with title End Game
        Countdown Timer - Show (Last created timer window)

Hope this helps you.

09-07-2004, 01:21 AM

D[a]gger

ok create a variable for a countdown timer
for this example the timer variable = t

Untitled Trigger 001
Events
Whatever you want
Conditions
Whatever you want
Actions
Countdown Timer - Start t as a One-shot timer that will expire in XX.XX seconds
Countdown Timer - Create a timer window for (Last started timer) with title Whatever

now create a new trigger:
Event
t expires
Action
Destroy t
Any other actions

NOTE: You dont need variables but if your doing hero revives or anything to have multiple timers at once use variables.