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Inês Rodrigues
Inês Rodrigues

Reputation: 57

Increase Timer interval

I have a timer that calls the function 'bottleCreate' from 500 to 500 miliseconds. But I want that time to increase during the game (getting faster the creation of the bottles, and the game gets more difficult). But I don't know how to increase that variable inside new Timer. Thanks

   interval=500;
   var my_timer=new Timer(interval);
    my_timer.addEventListener(TimerEvent.TIMER, bottleCreate);
    my_timer.start();

Upvotes: 0

Views: 165

Answers (1)

user2655904
user2655904

Reputation:

You want the game to get faster, so the variable needs to decrease, because less time between function calls will make it faster.

According to the Documentation of the Timer Class you can use the delay variable to change the interval speed.

So, to make it faster, you could simply write

my_timer.delay -= 50;

Each time you do this, the function call will be called 50 ms faster.

Be aware though, going beneath 20ms will cause problems, according to the Documentation.

Furthermore, each time you manipulate the delay variable, the timer will restart completely, with the same repeat count you use at initialization.

Upvotes: 1

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