Can I do a countdown timer without HUD clock?

[Sausage_Boi]

Is it possible to do a countdown timer without the clock showing up on screen? I would like to have something activate and then after a certain time have something activate. A delayed trigger, basically.

 

[Alexa Angel]

hmm you can do that with a parallel process and putting in wait with 60 frames = 1 second 

but if you want to use the timer still this script should do it 

def update_visibility

  #self.visible = $game_timer.working?

  self.visible = false 

end

 

just copy and paste it into script editor

 

[Sausage_Boi]

where at in the editor? thanks, by the way, but above main and below materials? or somewhere else?

 

[Alexa Angel]

but above main and below materials?

Yes 

 

[Sausage_Boi]

I must be missing something, because

 

def update_visibility

  #self.visible = $game_timer.working?

  self.visible = false 

end

 

did not work for me. It still shows the timer.

 

[Zoltor]

Use the play time variable(this is found under the game data section of the variable option page), save it to a variable, and another variable set to a number, then add them together, and save the new variable, to another variable ID. Then finally you have a parallel proc run checks, for if you original play time variable= the las vaiable I just had you create.

 

[Sausage_Boi]

gonna try this, but I can barely wrap my mind around it by just text

K, back already...where do I find the Playtime Variable? in game data? under what? sorry. Havent used this prog in about 6 months and my knowledge wasnt very thorough to begin with, but thanks for the help.

 

[Zoltor]

gonna try this, but I can barely wrap my mind around it by just text

Back with an edit in a moment...

If you can't figure it out, I'm pretty sure I can explain it a lot better, if you need(that post was insanely sloppy, sorry about that).

 

[Sausage_Boi]

If you can't figure it out, I'm pretty sure I can explain it a lot better, if you need(that post was insanely sloppy, sorry about that).

That would be immensely appreciated. I want a secret timer to activate and the wait function has never worked for me, it always pauses my character even in parallel process.

 

[Alexa Angel]

oops thats because I forget to add the class 

class Sprite_Timer

def update_visibility

  #self.visible = $game_timer.working?

  self.visible = false 

end

end

 

That should work 

 

[Sausage_Boi]

Huzzah! It worked. No more timer. Thanks for the quick help, folks! I thank you again.

 

[Zoltor]

That would be immensely appreciated. I want a secret timer to activate and the wait function has never worked for me, it always pauses my character even in parallel process.

Ok

Step 1: set play time to a variable

Step 2: make a variable for how many seconds you want the invisible timer to be(aka 60=1m)

Step 3, make a variable that adds both of those 2 variables together.

step 4: make a Parallel proc that does a check for if the original play time variable I had you make= the last variable I had you make.