multiple timers starTimer

[styleBunny]

ARE YOU READY KIDS?

in my director movie i have 3 events i want to control via 3 different timers.

Basically the timer is assigned to a variable, that counts up to 10 the when that variable = 10 subtract 1 from another variables value, then reset the timer and it all begins again. Obviously when i use startTimer to reset the timer it effects the value of the other two variables referencing the timer.

i looked at the help and it suggest managing your own timers with behaviours or parent scripts.

has anyone encounted this before?

thanks
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[styleBunny]

AYE AYE CAPTAIN!

this works i think...

i set gTimer to = the timer elsewhere in the movie
each time gTimer reaches 5 it adds 1 to gCount and resets itself to zero and begins again. When gCount reaches certain values along the way it subracts 1 from the specified variable. I jumbled up the order as gCount counts thru 1-10 to make it look a little more random when all variables have been thru the cycle once it begins again.

please comment / suggest etc...

on exitFrame
--Declare globals
global gTimer, gCount, gFeed, gEnt, gClean

--add 1 to gCount everytimer gTimer(the timer) = 5 and restart the timer
if gTimer > 5 then
gCount = gCount + 1
startTimer
end if

--when gCount = 3 remove 1 from the gFeed value
if gCount = 1 then
gFeed = gFeed - 1
gCount= gCount + 1 --to skip over the 5 seconds that gCount = 1
end if

if gCount = 4 then
gEnt = gEnt - 1
gCount= gCount + 1 --to skip over the 5 seconds that gCount = 4
end if

if gCount = 6 then
gFeed = gFeed - 1
gCount= gCount + 1 --to skip over the 5 seconds that gCount = 6
end if

if gCount = 8 then
gClean = gClean - 1
gCount= gCount + 1 --to skip over the 5 seconds that gCount = 8
end if

if gCount = 10 then
gEnt = gEnt - 1
gCount = 0 --back to the begining
end if

end