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Timers are set up to wait for a selected amount of time before executing code. It can be very useful if you want to wait a specified amount of time for something to happen in the level, such as intense countdown or to spawn / despawn particles in a dynamic way. | Timers are set up to wait for a selected amount of time before executing code. It can be very useful if you want to wait a specified amount of time for something to happen in the level, such as intense countdown or to spawn / despawn particles in a dynamic way. | ||
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| + | In order to add timer to a map, we need to use <code>Map_AddTimer</code>. Let's see an example: | ||
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We can do more than just create a timer, we can remove timers as well, or check if a timer is already running. For example, if we enter this area, create a timer of 5 seconds. However, if a timer has already been created, we don’t need to create that timer again, right? So we can use Map_TimerExists for that. | We can do more than just create a timer, we can remove timers as well, or check if a timer is already running. For example, if we enter this area, create a timer of 5 seconds. However, if a timer has already been created, we don’t need to create that timer again, right? So we can use Map_TimerExists for that. | ||
Revision as of 22:13, 13 August 2020
Timers are set up to wait for a selected amount of time before executing code. It can be very useful if you want to wait a specified amount of time for something to happen in the level, such as intense countdown or to spawn / despawn particles in a dynamic way.
Creating Timers
In order to add timer to a map, we need to use Map_AddTimer. Let's see an example:
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We can do more than just create a timer, we can remove timers as well, or check if a timer is already running. For example, if we enter this area, create a timer of 5 seconds. However, if a timer has already been created, we don’t need to create that timer again, right? So we can use Map_TimerExists for that.
Timers are very easy to use as you can see, and it will help us to understand the concept of Sequences in the next episode.