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Posted 25 June 2012 - 07:56 PM
I'm trying to make a game where you do something and it starts a timer then you can go and do other things but the timer still runs in the background but idk how to do it…any help???
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running a timer in the background
Started by Exerro, 25 June 2012 - 05:56 PM
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 07:59 PM
The wiki is your friend: http://computercraft.info/wiki/index.php?title=OS_%28API%29
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 08:05 PM
but would os.startTimer(840) work in the background…I'm not on my pc so I can't check
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 08:40 PM
Yes, it will run in the background, and when it times out it fires a "timer" event.
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Posted 25 June 2012 - 09:14 PM
how can you use/detect the timer event after it times outYes, it will run in the background, and when it times out it fires a "timer" event.