Countdown Timer isn't showing

[Brother Hood]

Why isn't my countdown timer now showing?

Events
Time - Elapsed game time is 900.00 seconds

Conditions

Actions

Countdown Timer - Start (Last started timer) as a One-Shot timer that will expire in 900.00 seconds.

Countdown Timer - Create a timer window for (Last started timer) with title Time until reinforcements arrive

Countdown Timer - Show (Last created timer window)

Help please!

 

[Sk8-tEr]

Ur event , elapsed game time is 900 seconds, did u really wait 15 minutes to check if ur timer works?

 

[AceHart]

> Countdown Timer - Start (Last started timer)

Create a variable of type "timer" and use that instead of "last started timer".

 

[Komaqtion]

This is the correct trigger

"Timer" being a variable of type Timer, and i also stored the Timer Window in a variable, if you might want to destroy that window in the future

• Timer
  • Events
    • Time - Elapsed game time is 900.00 seconds
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Countdown Timer - Start Timer as a One-shot timer that will expire in 900.00 seconds
    • Countdown Timer - Create a timer window for (Last started timer) with title Time until reinforc...
    • Set Timer_Window = (Last created timer window)
    • Countdown Timer - Show Timer_Window

// Just to show Acehart's post in a trigger :thup:

 

[Brother Hood]

Thanks for the help but it still doesn't show. My trigger is exactly like the one you have shown exept the icon for the event is just a clock and not a gear.

Help please?

 

[Komaqtion]

Sorry, this works, already tested:

• Timer
  • Events
    • Time - Elapsed game time is 900.00 seconds
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • Countdown Timer - Start Timer as a One-shot timer that will expire in 900.00 seconds
    • Countdown Timer - Create a timer window for Timer with title Time until reinforc...
    • Set Timer_Window = (Last created timer window)
    • Countdown Timer - Show Timer_Window

 

[Brother Hood]

It's not working for me. Is it because I want it to work at the beginning of the map or something? Do I need to somehow make it run after a while?

 

[Komaqtion]

Well, you can't use it at Map Initialization, then it won't show

 

[emilemil1]

You don't need to define a variable to the Timer Window.

Just use:

Countdown Timer - Show (Last created timer window)

Also about the event, 900 seconds is a very long time, did you make sure you were testing at like 20 seconds?

 

[emilemil1]

Well, you can't use it at Map Initialization, then it won't show

But 0.01 seconds into the game would work xD

 

[Komaqtion]

Yeah, exactly, sorry for not giving you an alternative :S

 

[Brother Hood]

Thanks a lot for the help! What a silly mistake

 

[Komaqtion]

Yeah, but every1 learns from their mistakes

EDIT: @ emilemil1: Oh, that's too bad, so ok you should learn from your mistakes then XD

 

[emilemil1]

Not me This is the fourth time i create a map, work on the triggers and units for a day, then finding out that i forgot to change the initial tile xD

(Propably off-topic now when the solution has been found)