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Pankers

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Posted: 1st Jun 2008 06:34

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My code is below and im trying to make a timer so once like 5 seconds is up you gain one gold and one stone here is my code below [but it brings up an error]

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set window size 640,480 `window size
`==set skills==
Gold#= 1000
Print "Gold: ",Gold#
Print
Stone#= 500
Print "Stone: ",Stone#

`==Timers==
return integer= timer()
Gold#+1
Stone#+1
wait key

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TDK

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Posted: 1st Jun 2008 08:14 Edited at: 1st Jun 2008 08:20

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Variable names cannot contain spaces.

Timer() returns a value in ms. It must be divided by 1000 to get seconds and called repeatedly in a loop.

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Set Text Opaque
T=Timer()
Gold = 10: Text 0,16,"Gold: "+Str$(Gold)

Do
  Elapsed = (Timer()-T)/1000
  Text 0,0,"Elapsed: "+Str$(Elapsed)
  If Elapsed = 5
    Inc Gold
    T=Timer()
    Text 0,16,"Gold: "+Str$(Gold)
  Endif
Loop

And don't use floats unless you need them - is it possible to have the values 5.5 or 5.75 for gold?

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