[CS3] Timer help required!

Hi all,

I've made a countdown timer for my game, once it reaches zero it goes to the next frame, thats all fine but my problem is this:

if you complete the level before the time is up, how can i stop the timer and display the remaining time in the following frame. Also it would be nice if i could take the remaining time, multiply it by 10 and display that as a final score.

This is the code i have for the time so you can see my method.

Code:

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timer=120;
countdown=function(){
        timer--;
        if (timer==0){
                clearInterval(doCountdown);
                _parent.nextFrame();
        }
}

doCountdown=setInterval(countdown,1000);

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Thanks for any help

Adam

1st use functions- they solve many design errors,
that beeing said I would group your code in a function and capture the time when you start the interval and use that timeStamp to compute the time that elapsed starting from then.

PHP Code:

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function startTimer(){
    _root.startTime = getTimer();
    timer=120;
    countdown=function(){
        timer--;
        if (timer==0){
            clearInterval(_root.doCountdown);
            _parent.nextFrame();
        }
    }
    
    _root.doCountdown=setInterval(countdown,1000);
}
function stopTimer(){
    clearInterval(_root.doCountdown);
    var timeDifference = (getTimer() - _root.startTime)/1000;//in seconds
    trace("score: "+int(timeDifference*10)+" pts");
    _parent.nextFrame();
} 


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I don't fully understand the code i'm afraid,

I tried putting that code into my game but the following happened: the dynamic text box within the game level just displays "_level0.instance39.timer" and in the following results screen it displays "0"

the first function did what you showed us here before (I assume you understood that code at least), except that it stores the current flash running time in a variable called _root.startTime

the 2nd function (should be called when interrupting ) interrupts the interval,- calculates the time difference and traces it.

I havent tested the code in flash so changes might be that you need to debug it but it looks ok to me.

it works fine in flash for me

maybe he does not know how to use functions -_-

in that case read the manual:
http://www.adobe.com/support/flash/a...ionary373.html
http://www.oman3d.com/tutorials/flash/intro_func_bc/