Suggestion for an on screen counter? [SOLVED]

[Suru]

I am hoping to have a on screen counter with a 'number of minutes left' in it. I don't want a live counter that will actively count down. I plan to have a variable that will lower the time left as people choose particular actions so it doesn't matter how fast or slow they read through choices made. I would like to have a fairly simple display of the time left in the upper left of the screen, but I don't see any examples of this sort of code to work with. If anyone can direct me at suggestions I'd appreciate it.

[Per K Grok]

I am hoping to have a on screen counter with a 'number of minutes left' in it. I don't want a live counter that will actively count down. I plan to have a variable that will lower the time left as people choose particular actions so it doesn't matter how fast or slow they read through choices made. I would like to have a fairly simple display of the time left in the upper left of the screen, but I don't see any examples of this sort of code to work with. If anyone can direct me at suggestions I'd appreciate it.

You need a variable to hold the numbers of 'minutes' left. You write that out in a screen.
When ever something happens in the script you count down the value of the variable and activate screen to show the updated value.

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default countdown=100

screen counter():
    text "Minutes left: " + str(countdown)
    
    
label start:    
    show screen counter
    
    --- stuff happening ---
    $ countdown -=1
    show screen counter
 
 

[Suru]

Thanks for replying. This I'm trying to work with. It just tells me: 'show' is not a keyword argument or valid child for the screen statement.

[Suru]

I am hoping to have a on screen counter with a 'number of minutes left' in it. I don't want a live counter that will actively count down. I plan to have a variable that will lower the time left as people choose particular actions so it doesn't matter how fast or slow they read through choices made. I would like to have a fairly simple display of the time left in the upper left of the screen, but I don't see any examples of this sort of code to work with. If anyone can direct me at suggestions I'd appreciate it.

You need a variable to hold the numbers of 'minutes' left. You write that out in a screen.
When ever something happens in the script you count down the value of the variable and activate screen to show the updated value.

Code: Select all

default countdown=100

screen counter():
    text "Minutes left: " + str(countdown)
    
    
label start:    
    show screen counter
    
    --- stuff happening ---
    $ countdown -=1
    show screen counter
 
 

[Per K Grok]

Thanks for replying. This I'm trying to work with. It just tells me: 'show' is not a keyword argument or valid child for the screen statement.

That's puzzling. I did a test run of the script just to see that I had not slipped up somewhere.
I just replaced the pseudo line
---- stuff happens ----
and the code ran as expected.

Below the exact code I tested with.

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default countdown=100

screen counter():
    text "Minutes left: " + str(countdown)


label start:
    show screen counter

    "Hello Dolly"
    $ countdown -=1
    show screen counter
    "Success"
 

[Suru]

I got it working! Thanks very much! All the appreciation!

Thanks for replying. This I'm trying to work with. It just tells me: 'show' is not a keyword argument or valid child for the screen statement.

That's puzzling. I did a test run of the script just to see that I had not slipped up somewhere.
I just replaced the pseudo line
---- stuff happens ----
and the code ran as expected.

Below the exact code I tested with.

Code: Select all

default countdown=100

screen counter():
    text "Minutes left: " + str(countdown)


label start:
    show screen counter

    "Hello Dolly"
    $ countdown -=1
    show screen counter
    "Success"