I'm trying to make a game where you do something and it starts a timer then you can go and do other things but the timer still runs in the background but idk how to do it...any help???
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running a timer in the background
Started by Exerro, Jun 25 2012 06:56 PM
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 07:05 PM
but would os.startTimer(840) work in the background...I'm not on my pc so I can't check
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 07:40 PM
Yes, it will run in the background, and when it times out it fires a "timer" event.
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 08:14 PM
MysticT, on 25 June 2012 - 07:40 PM, said:
Yes, it will run in the background, and when it times out it fires a "timer" event.
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 08:25 PM
Its all there on that wiki page. os.pullEvent("timer")
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