Animated Counter

[DJ]

In a game I'm working on, there is a power effect that reveals hidden objects. The duration of how long the objects are revealed is based on the timer and after 6 seconds of being revealed they change to a blinking animation and return to their hidden state. I have an animation that one of my group members have created. I imported the separate images of it and set it to be an animation under the counter. But I am not sure how to have the counter decrease along with the timer. Any advice or help regarding this?

[JimJam]

I'm not sure I fully understand, but I'll take a guess.

You have a counter that needs to count down 6 seconds while revealing some hidden objects?

Well, if that's the case, just set the counter to 6 when you start the sequence. You need to use some sort of variable to determine when this power is ON. Lets say you use a global value called "Power". Lets say that this power is ON when its value equals 1. So, set the Power to 1. Then, set some events like this:

Every 1 Second:
+ Power = 1
 == Subtract 1 from Counter

When Counter = 0
+ Power = 1
 == Set Power to 0

This will turn your power OFF after 6 seconds.
Let me know if this helps, or if I'm totally off subject.

[Jacob]

Every 1 Second
== Set Counter to max(counter-1,0)
== Set Power to max(counter,1)

Should work as well.

EDIT: Also, you just have to set the counter to 6 when you want to start it.