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Wanderer Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 79

I'm trying to create a timer that starts at 8 seconds and counts back to 0 when I see the message "Hellish flames erupt from your surroundings*".
I would like for a variable to be redefined as the count decends, ie: @flametime = 8 then 7 then 6 ect.
I see this message every 8 seconds provided Im standing in an area with hellflames.
It would be really neat if this countdown would continue independently of the Hellish flames message once inniated, but would be reset if I re-entered a location with hellflames. I hope I have described this problem good enough. What I currently use is this:

Pattern: "Hellish flames erupt from your surroundings*"
Value: flametime = 8 then I use the wait option in states at 1000 ms then flametime = 7 down to 0

If I don't see the pattern again the timer stops, this is the main thing I would like to avoid if possible.
How do I keep the timer going without the pattern?

GURU Joined: 23 Dec 2000 Posts: 4834 Location: USA

Use an alarm:

#alarm "talmHellflames" *1 {#if (@HellFlameArea) {#if (@flametime) {#add flametime -1} {flametime = 8}} {flametime = 8;#T- talmHellflames}}

As long as the session remains open (doesn't matter if you went offline or not), this alarm will never stop. You will need to figure out how to determine if an area is a Hellflame area or not, and in that method you will simply need to set the @HellFlameArea variable to 1 (yes, it is) or 0 (no, it's not).

Wanderer Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 79

Hey Matt, thanks for the reply.
It seems to be functioning, but at an extremely slow rate. It seems to be counting down in minuets perhaps.
I was hoping for the count down to be in seconds: 8 -7 - 6 - 5 - 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 - 0 - 8 - 7 - ect.
I added this to the pattern: "Hellish flames erupt from unseen holes in the ground to envelop your surroundings." is that correct?
How can I speed this up?

Wanderer Joined: 03 Aug 2004 Posts: 79

Nevermind, I screwed it up the first time.
I pasted it in again, and its working. Thanks.