How can I delay a function??

Solar2D General Questions/Discussion
1

how can I delay the changeScene function?? i want it to change scene a few seconds after the lives hit 0, is there any way i can do this? thanks!

[code]
local function killCrate (event)
crate:removeSelf()
lives = lives - 1
livesDisplay.text = lives
if lives == 0 then
director:changeScene(“level1success”)
end
end

crate:addEventListener(“touch”, killCrate)
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2

you would want to put your changeScene code into a new function. Then you can use what is called a timer. A timer allows you to call a function at a set time. for example

timer.performWithDelay(2000, changeScene, 1 )

this code is saying, after 2 seconds ( or 2000 milliseconds) call the function changeScene, 1 time.

so perhaps you could do this:

local function changeScene()  
director:changeScene("level1success")  
end  
  
local function killCrate (event)  
crate:removeSelf()  
lives = lives - 1  
livesDisplay.text = lives  
if lives == 0 then  
timer.performWithDelay(2000, changeScene, 1)  
end  
end  
  
crate:addEventListener("touch", killCrate)

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3

works perfectly! thank you so much! [import]uid: 10827 topic_id: 9635 reply_id: 35125[/import]

4

no problem, now make an awesome app! =p [import]uid: 19620 topic_id: 9635 reply_id: 35126[/import]