getTimer

[thatrenowned]

If I've got a movie which loads another movie into it, is there a way I can use the getTimer command but only in the loaded movie.

What I mean is if I just use it as normal, it counts the seconds since the whole of the movie started. How can I make it specific to the one I loaded?

I want it to count ten seconds before it carries on, but if the movie is in a loop, 10 seconds is only going to happen once, so when it gets back round to this point, it'll never carry on.

Thanks

 

[wangbar]

When you load the new movie take note of the time:

newMovieTime=getTimer();

Then ten seconds from that point is:

if(getTimer()-newMovieTime>10000){
do something;
} Slainte

http://www.wangbar.co.uk

 

[thatrenowned]

I tried that, and a few variations but none worked. As an error checking thing, I created a dynamic box called seconds so I could see what it got up to.
It either started at about 16000ms (the point during the movie in which them actions are entered), 0, or nothing was displayed at all.

Is there any way to just start a timer? That would be the easiest thing to do.

Regards