Author Topic: Timer help? (Read 3811 times)

pianoman · « **on:** June 27, 2011, 09:33:58 am »

Hi everyone!
I was trying to make a timer that counts down from 30 every second, but it just got stuck on 30.
What is wrong here?

num=30

function on.paint(gc)
gc:drawString(num,0,0,"top")
timer.start(30)
end

function on.timer()
num=num-1
platform.window:invalidate()
end

Munchor · « **Reply #1 on:** June 27, 2011, 09:37:36 am »

From Lua Wiki:

Quote

timer.start(period) : Starts the timer with the given period (in seconds)

So, timer.start(30) calls the timer every 30 seconds, not "every second".

pianoman · « **Reply #2 on:** June 27, 2011, 09:42:54 am »

Oh, that makes sense.
I thought the period was how long it ran.

Thanks!

Munchor · « **Reply #3 on:** June 27, 2011, 09:43:25 am »

Oh, that makes sense.
I thought the period was how long it ran.
Thanks!

It runs forever, but you can stop it with timer.stop()