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[+Mickey and Goofy]

I would like to make a ztimer with a random "Duration" I have this:

 

ztimerpoty = Wherigo.ZTimer(cartNotToday)

ztimerstop.Id="58fd2c91-7b05-48a2-a3b9-88aac2df6e19"

ztimerstop.Name="stop"

ztimerstop.Description=[[]]

ztimerstop.Visible=true

ztimerstop.Duration=180

ztimerstop.Type="Countdown"

 

Can I move it to the "-- #Author Functions Go Here# --" section like this:

 

-- #Author Functions Go Here# --

 

function RandomTime()

ztimerstop = Wherigo.ZTimer(cartNotToday)

ztimerstop.Id="58fd2c91-7b05-48a2-a3b9-88aac2df6e19"

ztimerstop.Name="stop"

ztimerstop.Description=[[]]

ztimerstop.Visible=true

ztimerstop.Duration=math.random(180,300)

ztimerstop.Type="Countdown"

end

 

-- #End Author Functions# --

 

Or is there a better way?

[Ranger Fox]

You should be able to set just the timer's duration in the author script section; you shouldn't have to create a new timer each time you want to use one.

 

I use timers a lot in Whack-A-Lackey and have to give them a random time as well. Here's an excerpt from the code. In it, I'm looping through all the timers (the moleTimers is a lua table/array), stopping them, setting their duration to a random time, and restarting them.

for x=1,numMoles do
moleTimers[x]:Stop()
moleTimers[x].Duration = math.random(minTimerSeconds,maxTimerSeconds)
moleTimers[x]:Start()
end

Edited July 5, 2011 by Ranger Fox
Fixed ending code tag

[+Mickey and Goofy]

Thanks I'll use it and take another look at your Whack-A-Lackey.

 

Lon