2 minute countdown timer

[spellbound55]

Hi, I'm making a side scrolling flash game called Kit-Run using actionscript 2.0. I want to give each level a two minute time limit - ideally to have an enemy mc load that comes and kills you when it reaches 00:00.

I've found a lot of tutorials that count down time limits for dates, but none for a simple minute counter. I've started with a dynamic text field called "timeDisplay". What do I now??

thanks!

[NamikazeMinato]

timerDisplay.text="00:02:00";
var dispSecs=60;
var dispMins=2;

var timerInterval=setInterval(countDown,1000);

function countDown()
{
   dispSecs--;
   if(dispSecs==59)
  {
     dispMins--;
  }
  if(dispSecs==0)
  {
    dispSecs=59;
  }
  if(dispMins==0)
  {
    clearInterval(timerInterval);//STOPS THE TIMER....
  }
  timeDisplay.text=prependZero(dispMins)+":"+prependZero(dispSecs);
 }
 
function prependZero(num)
{
  if(num<10)
  {
    num="0"+num;
  }
  return(num);
}

I think this will help you....

Cheers...

[spellbound55]

that works beautifully! thank you

[spellbound55]

Originally Posted by spellbound55

that works beautifully! thank you

actually I take that back! it only ALMOST work perfectly.. once the dispSecs reaches zero, they start over again at 59 and the minutes never make it down to zero and the interval doesnt get cleared. It just loops for all eternity. I'm going to tweak it a little but if you see the problem before I do please let me know!

[spellbound55]

okay figured it out:

changed

if(dispMins==0)
{
clearInterval(timerInterval);//STOPS THE TIMER....

to

if(dispMins==0 && dispSecs==0){
clearInterval(timerInterval);

now it works! Couldnt have done it on my own though, so thanks again.

[NamikazeMinato]

Sorry spellbound...

My bad....

Cheers..