FLASH: Timer For Powerups in a game - Flash 5

[Paul Steven]

Hi all


I am making a pacman game.


There are 4 special power ups that the "Pacman" can pick up. If he picks up

one of these powerups, then for a certain time say 5 seconds, all the

monsters become edible.


Ok - here comes the question


Right I guess I am going to have to create some function that starts a timer

and records the time when the timer is started. I then need to keep track of

this timer somehow, and turn it off after the 5 seconds has elapsed. In the

manual there seems to be loads of different date objects - is it one of

these I should be using or do I simply use getTimer(). Where is the best

place to check if the time limit has been reached.


The way I have structured the code is that the Pacman and the baddies have

all their code in an enterFrame clip event

and the game loops on one frame. There are a few functions I keep on the

main timeline that are called by Pacman and the baddies>


http://www.thegamesfactory.f2s.com/Biganimal/Pacman2_6.htm


Any suggestions?


Thanks


Paul



~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

NudeGuru.com is proud to sponsor the Flasher list

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

        IT'S  THE  ART  OF  MONEY,  HONEY!

 Tips and Advice from some of the most popular Flash

 artists + industry power-brokers on how to hold onto

 your rights, negotiate contracts and get full value

 for your work.http://www.nudeguru.com from Franke James

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To unsubscribe or change your list settings go to

http://www.chinwag.com/flasher or email

helpchinwag [dot] com