Creating a temporary event

[Sorensen]

So I'm making a soccer game. When the ball hits a streaker, I want the player avatar, the keeper, to become twice his sice (changing animation). Now this is easy. But I want it to last for, say, 5 seconds.

I can do something like, when he ball collides with streaker, change animation, and then using a timer, every 5 seconds, change animation back. But this way, he may be big for 1 second, mabye 5.

Isn't there a way to make a temprary event?

Thanks!

[Konidias]

Don't use a timer. Just use an alterable value. Set the value high when you change the animation, and then have an event subtract 1 from the value every time it's greater than zero.

When the timer hits zero, set the animation back to normal size.

So if you're running at 50 fps, you could most likely set the alterable value to 250 and then have it subtract 1 every game loop. (subtracts 50 from the value every second)

[Sorensen]

Fantastic, almost works now. However, it seems he won't grow small again!

This is how it looks (i'm indeed at 50fps):

Collision ball/streaker = set gloabl value B to 50, change avatar's animation to crouching
Global value B > 0 = substract 10 from global value B
Global value B equal 0 = change avatar's animation to standing

However, he's still not getting small, just staying big it seems!

[Konidias]

Should probably do <= for the last event, just in case it's subtracting to -10 or something.

So:

Global value B <= 0
- change avatar's animation to standing

[Sorensen]

Cool, i'll try that later tonight.