the solution is more along the lines of what boyd replied, with that said...
it looks like what you wrote is more for global movie functional stuff, like
sounds and movement. I have kind of been shying away from putting anything
in the script channel unless nothing else works. Is this the right approach?
and when is the correct time to use the script channel? thanks
carol
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> From: Fabrice
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> Subject: Re: <lingo-l> timing and timers
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>
> freezedtime = the timer
>
> in your frame
> global freezedtime
>
> on enterframe or in your repeat
> checktime = the timer
> if freezedtime - chektime > 5000 then
> puppertsound ("Whow i'am late man.aif")
> go to ("results")
> else
> go to the frame
> end
>
> do you mean something like this?
>
> fabrice
>
>
> Carol Mahaffy wrote:
>
> > hey list --
> > i am trying to set up a timer so that when i am in a repeat loop there
> is a
> > pause between action. how i was going about this is, in the repeat loop
> i am
> > calling a parent script that is detecting the current time and adding
> 10.
> > then comparing the current time and the current time +10 in another
> repeat
> > loop. I am confusing myself on these timer vs milliseconds stuff and
> really
> > need some advice on how best to approach this. thanks
> > carol
> >
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