Set framerate problem!

[Sorensen]

Hi guys!

Fairly new to this forum, and MMFD2 in general.

I'm making a little game here, and when my player-character is his by a watermelon, I want to slow down the framerate to 15 for a few seconds, let's say 3, but then go back to normal. Now, I know how to slow it down, but I have no idea how to make it go back to normal again! I assume it has something to do with a timer, but I don't know how, hoping for some help :-)

[ChrisStreet]

Instead of using a timer, use an active object and its alterable values and flags.

Quick example off the top of my head:
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Player is hit by watermelon: Set Flag 0 of HiddenActiveObject to ON

Flag 0 of HiddenActiveObject is ON: Set Frame Rate to 15, Add 1 to Alterable Value A of HiddenActiveObject

Flag 0 of HiddenActiveObject is ON and
Alterable Value A of HiddenActiveObject = 300: Set Flag 0 of HiddenActiveObject to OFF, Alterable Value A to 0

Flag 0 of HiddenActiveObject is OFF and
Only One Action When Event Loops: Set Frame Rate to whatever it was before.

[Jaffob]

You don't really need to use a flag. A simpler method would be:

Player hit by watermelon:
      --Set Framerate to 15
      --Set Alterable Value A to 45 (this is 3 seconds)

Alterable Value A > 0:
      --Subtract 1 from Alterable Value A

Alterable Value A = 0
Only one action when event loops:
      --Set Framerate to 50 (or whichever normal framerate you use)

[ChrisStreet]

That works too

[Jaffob]

Yeah, they're both perfectly good methods.