Hi,
I’m using a sprite sheet of a vehicle. I start the animation when the vehicle is touched. But I want the animation to stop after a fixed period of time, say 2000 milliseconds. Then I want to start the vehicle again upon touch, for 2000 ms.
How can I do that? [import]uid: 175611 topic_id: 31297 reply_id: 331297[/import]
Should be simple: on every start of the vehicle, just execute a delay timer for 2000 ms. When it finishes, just call a function to stop (pause, actually) the animation. Also make sure that the touch can’t trigger multiple timers at once, by checking if a delay timer for this action is already running.
Does that help?
Brent [import]uid: 9747 topic_id: 31297 reply_id: 125087[/import]
Yes, I understand what you’re saying. But i’m having difficulty implementing it. could you please help with the syntax a bit? [import]uid: 175611 topic_id: 31297 reply_id: 125090[/import]
Sure, it should look something like this:
local timerRunning = false --flag to monitor if timer is running or not running
local function pauseSprite ()
--PAUSE your sprite animation here (whatever code you're using for that)
timerRunning = false --reset flag because timer has stopped (thus, is now false)
end
--this function is called when the sprite begins animation (after a touch)
local function startTimer ()
if ( timerRunning == false ) then
timer.performWithDelay( 2000, pauseSprite )
timerRunning = true
end
end Give that a test and let me know if it works.
Brent
[import]uid: 9747 topic_id: 31297 reply_id: 125143[/import]
It works. Issue Resolved. Thanks a lot 
[import]uid: 175611 topic_id: 31297 reply_id: 125218[/import]
Should be simple: on every start of the vehicle, just execute a delay timer for 2000 ms. When it finishes, just call a function to stop (pause, actually) the animation. Also make sure that the touch can’t trigger multiple timers at once, by checking if a delay timer for this action is already running.
Does that help?
Brent [import]uid: 9747 topic_id: 31297 reply_id: 125087[/import]
Yes, I understand what you’re saying. But i’m having difficulty implementing it. could you please help with the syntax a bit? [import]uid: 175611 topic_id: 31297 reply_id: 125090[/import]
Sure, it should look something like this:
local timerRunning = false --flag to monitor if timer is running or not running
local function pauseSprite ()
--PAUSE your sprite animation here (whatever code you're using for that)
timerRunning = false --reset flag because timer has stopped (thus, is now false)
end
--this function is called when the sprite begins animation (after a touch)
local function startTimer ()
if ( timerRunning == false ) then
timer.performWithDelay( 2000, pauseSprite )
timerRunning = true
end
end Give that a test and let me know if it works.
Brent
[import]uid: 9747 topic_id: 31297 reply_id: 125143[/import]
It works. Issue Resolved. Thanks a lot [import]uid: 175611 topic_id: 31297 reply_id: 125218[/import]