Timer does not reset

[Geert81]

Hello,

Ik got a game with a timer. When the game is finished you can play it again and the SWF file loads again. Everything is reset exept the timer. A new one starts but the old one is on the background.

The timer is the only code thats on the timeline... Is that the problem here?

I cant get the timer working in my AS file...

This is the code on the timeline:

var timer:Timer = new Timer(60, 1000); 
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, countdown);
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER_COMPLETE, timerDone);
timer.start(); 
function countdown(e:Event) 
{
myText.text = String(1000 - timer.currentCount);
}
function timerDone(e:TimerEvent):void{
    gotoAndStop(3);
    for (var i:int = 0; i < _cards.length; i++){
    removeChild(_cards[i]);
    }
}

Anybody an idea what I'm doing wrong?

Tnx

[stephgravity]

did you try to add timer.stop() ?

function timerDone(e:TimerEvent):void{
gotoAndStop(3);
timer.stop();
for (var i:int = 0; i < _cards.length; i++){
removeChild(_cards[i]);
}
}

[Ralgoth]

lets say that your code is on frame 1. your timer is declared and the listeners are applied. if you go back to frame 1, you will be declaring a new timer, leaving the old one to continue its duties until the garbage collector decides to pick it up.

try declaring the timer on frame 1, then on frame 2 call timer.reset() and timer.start(); then when you start a new game, always go to frame 2.

[Ralgoth]

though, it would be best if you could have the timer in your AS file. What happens when you try?

[Geert81]

Hi,

I solved it:-)

The timer started on frame 1... now I cleared frame one and the timer starts at frame 2... Now when I restart and go to frame 2 again he start a new one:-S

It works so.. :-)

Thank you