Help needed: countdown timer

[KGGAMELOT]

i need help with a countdown timer for my game, i need it so that when time runs out, my player dies (go to another frame).

i cant seem to find any tutorials that work well. so i have no code

Info: players instance: "player"
timer instance: "timer"

plz i need help with it asap
thanks

[Adamkyler]

Hi, here is some code:
time = 0;//leave at 0
want_time = 15;//how many seconds you want the timer for
onEnterFrame = function(){
time+=1/30;//set 30 to the fps in your movie
timer.text = Math.ceil(time);//make the textbox called timer show the time
if(time==wanted_time){
player.gotoAndStop("die");
time = want_time
}
}
This should work fine if you past it onto the main timeline.

[KGGAMELOT]

Hi, here is some code:
time = 0;//leave at 0
want_time = 15;//how many seconds you want the timer for
onEnterFrame = function(){
time+=1/30;//set 30 to the fps in your movie
timer.text = Math.ceil(time);//make the textbox called timer show the time
if(time==wanted_time){
player.gotoAndStop("die");
time = want_time
}
}
This should work fine if you past it onto the main timeline.

but it doesnt take me to the game over frame.

i need to know how to send my guy to the gameover frame (frame 3)

[Adamkyler]

Change the line:
player.gotoAndStop("die");

To say:
player.gotoAndStop(3);

[KGGAMELOT]

it still doesnt work, it just keeps going

[Adamkyler]

Maybe try player.play(); then go into the player MC and put stop(); into the frame you want. Also maybe change if(time==wanted_time){ to if(time>=wanted_time){

[PhobiK]

I think the problem is that the variable is declared as "want_time" and in the if statement you write it as "wanted_time".