Countdown Timer

[bananaHUNT]

I tried to make a simple timer that counts down from 180 seconds, whats wrong with it?

Timer
    Events
        Map initialization
    Conditions
    Actions
        Countdown Timer - Create a timer window for StartTimer with title Attack of Felwood E...
        Set StartTimerWindow = (Last created timer window)
        Countdown Timer - Show StartTimerWindow
        Countdown Timer - Start StartTimer as a One-shot timer that will expire in 180.00 seconds

 

[AceHart]

> what's wrong with it?

The timer should be started before the window is created (optional).
The event should be "time - elapsed time is 0.0 seconds" or later (must).

 

[bananaHUNT]

Thanks it works now, but why can't i use Map Initialization as an Event?

 

[Knocksious]

I'm not sure on the exact technical reasons WHY, but just know that map init doesn't work for a lot of things, I usually do elapsed time is .01 to be safe

 

[AceHart]

Map init happens somewhere in the loading screen... that's way too early to show anything on screen.


Things not to try on map init:
Multiboards, leaderboards, dialogs, timer windows (<- note the "window", just a timer is fine)

Anything else is ok.
And, actually, you do want all the init lag in the loading screen, not when the game has already started.

 

[Knocksious]

haha, I guess then, that that is a question I should have asked a long time ago. Fair enough, it's relatively easy to change

 

[bananaHUNT]

Ok thanks for the explenation