timer.cancel issues

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#1

I have my game set it when the time = 0 or the user has died to cancel the timer and move to the restart scene but I get an error with my timer.cancel.  Anyone have any idea what I’m doing wrong?

[lua]local timeLimit = 20
local count = 0

local function timerDown()
timeLimit = timeLimit-1
timeLeft.text = timeLimit
if(timeLimit==0)then
timer.cancel(timerDown)
storyboard.gotoScene(“restart”)
storyboard.purgeScene(“game”)
end
end

timer.performWithDelay(1000,timerDown,-1)

function endGame(event)
if event.phase == “began” then
timer.cancel(timerDown)
storyboard.gotoScene(“restart”)
storyboard.purgeScene(“game”)
end
return true
end[/lua]

#2

You need to specify the handle of the timer to timer.cancel() not the function.

Something like this:

local timeLimit = 20 local count = 0 local timerHandle; local function timerDown() timeLimit = timeLimit-1 timeLeft.text = timeLimit if(timeLimit==0)then timer.cancel(timerHandle) storyboard.gotoScene("restart") storyboard.purgeScene("game") end end timerHandle = timer.performWithDelay(1000,timerDown,-1) function endGame(event) if event.phase == "began" then timer.cancel(timerHandle) storyboard.gotoScene("restart") storyboard.purgeScene("game") end return true end
#3

when the game ends and I restart it the timer is at the last number it was at and doesn’t count down anymore and the score doesn’t reset.  shouldn’t everything reset once the scene is reloaded?

#4

Try setting all default game variables/time-limit values/scores in your createScene event.

#5

Ok that worked, but now when I restart the game for some reason my score adds 3 every time instead of just 1?

#6

You need to specify the handle of the timer to timer.cancel() not the function.

Something like this:

local timeLimit = 20 local count = 0 local timerHandle; local function timerDown() timeLimit = timeLimit-1 timeLeft.text = timeLimit if(timeLimit==0)then timer.cancel(timerHandle) storyboard.gotoScene("restart") storyboard.purgeScene("game") end end timerHandle = timer.performWithDelay(1000,timerDown,-1) function endGame(event) if event.phase == "began" then timer.cancel(timerHandle) storyboard.gotoScene("restart") storyboard.purgeScene("game") end return true end
#7

when the game ends and I restart it the timer is at the last number it was at and doesn’t count down anymore and the score doesn’t reset.  shouldn’t everything reset once the scene is reloaded?

#8

Try setting all default game variables/time-limit values/scores in your createScene event.

#9

Ok that worked, but now when I restart the game for some reason my score adds 3 every time instead of just 1?