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eatsNoobs

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Posted: 17th May 2012 17:54

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I followed the instructions of this guide i found:
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=59347&b=7#post
and well it was working at first. so i saved it and the next day i try to work on the game some more and now everythings messed up.

wether the timer actualy displays or not is a hit and miss, when it does everything just freazes up, and when it doesnt show it acts as if the values i set for the timer never have existed ever.

heres the codes that i am using:

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set text opaque
               Time = timer()
               ToStart = 10
               do
               if ToStart > 0
               repeat
                  Elapsed=(Timer()-Time)/1000
                  center text 320, 450, "Your match will start in:"
                  center text 340, 450, Str$(ToStart)
                  ToStart = (ToStart - Elapsed)
               Until ToStart = 0 : rem left off here http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=59347&b=7
               endif
               loop

any help?

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Pincho Paxton

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Posted: 17th May 2012 23:43 Edited at: 18th May 2012 00:17

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Tostart is working in an odd way. This version works...

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Set display mode 1024,768,32
Set text opaque
Countdown = 10

Time = Timer()
Repeat
   Elapsed=(Timer()-Time)/1000
                  center text 320, 450, "Your match will start in:"
                  center text 430, 450, Str$(ToStart)+" "
                  ToStart = Countdown + (Elapsed - elapsed * 2)

Until Tostart = 0

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eatsNoobs

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Posted: 18th May 2012 17:17

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Do I need the "Set display mode 1024,768,32"?

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eatsNoobs

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Posted: 18th May 2012 17:37

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It still doesn't want to work for me...

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eatsNoobs

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Posted: 18th May 2012 17:43

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Ok I figured it out. Apparently it doesn't like the reapeat until thing so I removed it and now it works fine. Now i just have to remove the text when it's done counting down, any idea how to do that?

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