Unable to reset clock timer

[maximum rinse]

Dear all,


As a bit of an AS beginner, I'm hoping to get some help with my timer, which I believe is preventing me from restarting my game.
The timer starts when the game starts, and counts down from 30 seconds. When the time's up, some game results are displayed, and a restart button (restart_mc) pops up. When this is pressed, the game tries to restart for about 1 frame, but the game then returns directly to the analysis screen.
I recon this is probably the timer, as when I test my movie (Ctrl + enter) does not reset the timer either. I have to actually launch a new test window.

beginCount=30;
if(!done){     
time=Math.ceil(beginCount-getTimer()/(1000));   
time_txt.text = time
if(time<0){    
done=true;     
interface_mc.gotoAndPlay(end)                    
time_txt.text = 0;   
}         
}

restart_mc.onPress = function(){
replay();
}


function replay():Void{
beginCount = 30;
time = 30;
done = false;
interface_mc.gotoAndStop(game);
			
trace("RRRRRRREEEEEEEWIND");
			
init();
}

Do I need a new timer, or just fix the resetting of it? Any help would be appreciated!
Blessings and praises,
Tom

[Assertnfailure]

getTimer returns a read-only value that represents the number of milliseconds that the swf has been running. You can't reset that.

I suggest checking out setInterval and setTimeout instead.

[maximum rinse]

thanks assert, I've had a look at setInterval, and nicked Kenzilla's code from this thread: http://www.actionscript.org/forums/s...ighlight=timer and then modified it slightly. I've now basically got this:

MC on stage with instance name of restart_mc, and a dynamic text box called my_txt.

restart_mc._visible = false
beginCount = 5;
function onEnterFrame():Void
{
    minutes = Math.floor(beginCount/60);
    seconds = beginCount%60;
    my_txt.text = seconds;
    if (seconds<=9) {
        my_txt.text=seconds;
    }
};
timeCounter = function () {
    beginCount--;
    if (minutes ==0 & seconds==1) {
        clearInterval(setIt);
		restart_mc._visible = true
        trace("stop");
		
    }
};
setIt = setInterval(this, "timeCounter", 1000);
//stop();


//////////////////////////REPLAY///////////////
restart_mc.onRelease = function(){
	
	beginCount = 5;
this._visible = false;
			
			
			trace("RRRRRRREEEEEEEWIND");
			
			onEnterFrame();
			}

Currently, when the reset button is clicked the timer does not run. It just sits there at the beginCount (-1).
So what else needs to be done to completely reset this timer?

[maximum rinse]

OK a tough one..

I've attached a zip file with a fla & a swf for people to have a go with.

Can anyone point me in the right direction?

Cheers,
MR

[darkzak]

You need to store the starting time and then subtract starting time from current time to get the time since you started counting down:

restart_mc._visible = false;
countTime = 5;
startTime = getTimer();
this.onEnterFrame = countDown;
function countDown():Void {
    var curTime = (getTimer()-startTime)/1000;
    var countDownTime = Math.round(countTime-curTime);
    my_txt.text = countDownTime;
    if (Math.round(countDownTime)<=0) {
        countDownTime = 0;
        restart_mc._visible = true;
        this.onEnterFrame = undefined;
    }
}
//////////////////////////REPLAY///////////////
restart_mc.onRelease = function() {
    startTime = getTimer();
    this._visible = false;
    trace("RRRRRRREEEEEEEWIND");
    this._parent.onEnterFrame = countDown;  
};

[maximum rinse]

Thanks for that Darkzak, I've managed to incorporate your suggestion into my timer, and have now come up with this. Thought I'd post it in case anybody else is looking for a simple timer with reset option..

Code looks something like this:

function init():Void {
done = false;
countTime = 30;
startTime = getTimer();
}

if (done == false) {
		var curTime = (getTimer()-startTime)/1000;
		var countDownTime = Math.ceil(countTime-curTime);
		time_txt.text = countDownTime;
		if (countDownTime<0) {
			done = true;
			interface_mc.time_txt.text = 0;
		}
	}

///////Reset button/////////
function restart():Void {
init();
}