im new to actionscript3 flash. I have a int variable and i would like to add +2 every second since game started. How can i do this ? how do i know how much time has elapsed?
getTimer() will return an int of exactly how many milliseconds from when flash started.
import flash.utils.getTimer;
var myInt:int = getTimer() * 0.001;
myInt will now be however many seconds the program has been running.
edit: oh to tell how long it has been running just keep the initial myInt and check it against the current timer.
so when the game first starts.
var startTime:int = getTimer();
then every frame or whenever you need to check it.
var currentTime:int = getTimer();
var timeRunning:int = (currentTime - startTime) * 0.001; // this is how many seconds the game has been running.
var countdown:Timer = new Timer(1000);
countdown.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, timerHandler);
countdown.start();
function timerHandler(e:TimerEvent):void
{
var minute = Math.floor(countdown.currentCount / 60);
if(minute < 10)
minute = '0'+minute;
var second = countdown.currentCount % 60;
if(second < 10)
second = '0'+second;
var timeElapsed = minute +':'+second;
trace(timeElapsed);
}
var a:int = 0;
var onTimer:Function = function (e:TimerEvent):void {
a += 2;
}
var timer:Timer = new Timer(1000);
timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, onTimer);
timer.start();