Delay Commands

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1

How do I set up a command delay so that after a few seconds the line executes and does something new in an animation?

2

You create a timer that get set when you do something. After the timer reaches 0, it executes your animation code. Here’s a simple example.

function setup()
    x=0
    dec=0
    timer=120
end

function draw()
    background(0)
    fill(255)
    text("Tap screen to set timer.",WIDTH/2,HEIGHT-100)
    sprite("Planet Cute:Character Horn Girl",x,HEIGHT/2)
    text("Timer  "..timer,WIDTH/2,300)
    if timer>0 then
        timer=timer-dec
    else
        x=x+1
    end
end

function touched(t)
    if t.state==BEGAN then
        dec=1
    end
end
3

Thanks, I found something else that worked perfectly as well.

I didn’t know there was tween.sequence, but once I found it I was completely able to make it all work out.

4

There are two possibilities:

  1. setup a timer as @dave1707 suggested and act with a callback when timer expires (note that tweens are also timers)
  2. use coroutines to chain multiple actions. I wrote something about it in this thread