How to make a Timer Bar

Hi,

I am new to Construct 2 (I used to work on Game Maker) and this forum! C2 have left a good first-impression on me so far.

I want to create a Timer bar, which gradually reduces.

Like this:

||||||||          15 secs left

|||||            10 secs left

|||              5 secs left

|             1 secs left

TIME UP!

Getting an Apple will reset the timer, so in order for the player to win, he have to get an apple every 15 seconds.

Is there a way to make this work? I'd be glad if you could send me example .capx, it'll aid in the learning process!

check this link its hard the same idea you wanted ^^ just change it from lifes to time (dt) or you can use every x second subtract 1 from global... and when you eat apple add to global...

(from Kiyoshi)

http://www.scirra.com/tutorials/182/making-a-fancy-lifebar

Thanks! It's doing what it's supposed to do! :)

But I want the bar to respond to the time remaining not player's life. How do I make a timer of say 15 seconds and the bar to reduce it's width according to the time remaining.

Here's an example for you, hope it helps:

TimeBar.capx (r95)

PS: Read the tutorial about delta-time and framerate independence if you wonder how the 'dt' expression works.

Thank you so much Nimtrix! <img src="smileys/smiley1.gif" border="0" align="middle" />

Edit: just to confirm, it worked like charm. Thanks, now I'm reading up on delta-time..!

hope you read more and learn more ^^

Sorry if reopen this thread is not ok, but I thought that my issue will complement it. How to make the time bar to start after a second or more? Thank you.

Because this is an old thread, it was made before Construct2 had the timer-behaviour, which makes implementation of timers much easier.

But to answer your question without looking at the capx, you would probably just put a system wait action before the timer actions.

Hi LittleStain. I-m using the script that nimtrix provided, with "every tick" condition. I tried do use "on load" condition with "wait" action, but not work.

RenatoB

Put all the code that has to do with the timer in a group called timer and disable active on start for that group.

add system wait 2 seconds and system set group active "timer to On start of layout.

That will work.

You could also use a start button to start the whole timer thing when button is touched, just set the group active when you need it.

Great idea, LittleStan. Worked like a charm.