timers and the sort

[Zirclesoft]

uh hey guys,

just wanted to know
how to add a timer-based actions,

like say, if it is already 5 seconds on a current frame,
then go and play on the next

can any1 help?

thnx a bunches!!!

[Ask The Geezer]

I've used the simplest timer movie clip of all for stuff like that, where you want to go from frame to frame, that holds say,images. I just made a clip that had a stop in frame 1, then enough frames to eat up 5 seconds at the movie frame rate, then in the last frame, code to make the timeline jump to nextFrame(); In the frames of the timeline you want to use it in, add this to each frame,

_root.timerMc.play();

Simple and dumb, but dang me if it doesn't work every time. I did it this way, because I found that coaded timer didn't always work as expected.

[Zirclesoft]

haha, ok

but i in my case, i would need the coded timer since
it goes like this,

I have a character, now when you press jump,
it will go to a frame where he is ready to jump

now, there is a new button there called "jump now"
everytime you press it, he will jump

but within that, i want to have a set time before
it will go back to the frame where it sez "jump"

well, i could be wrong about not using your style,
but i think im more comfortable with AS
(not that im good at it)

anyway, thnx a bunchez!

[GingaNinja]

Here is one way:

Paste it into the main frame to test it

function doSomething() {
	trace("Tada");
}
setInterval(doSomething, 5000);