[knackworst]

hi, can anyone explain me what functions to use to make a countdown display?
and also to make a countdown not on this way:

pawn Код:

settimer(example,"other stuff", 1,other stuff)

OnPublicExample
  {
   Settimer....

so not that you have to make 20timers to make a countdown...
please help me ; )

[JaTochNietDan]

Okay here's a simple example so that only one timer is active at a time for the countdown.

pawn Код:

new Count = 5;

pawn Код:

if(strcmp(cmdtext,"/count",true) == 0)
{
    if(Count < 5) return SendClientMessage(playerid,red,"Countdown is already in progress");
    SetTimer("CountDown",1000,0);
    return 1;
}

pawn Код:

public CountDown()
{
    format(string,sizeof(string),"In...%d",Count);
    if(Count == 0)
    {
        GameTextForAll("Go go go!",1500,3);
        Count = 5;
    }
    else
    {
        GameTextForAll(string,1500,3);
        Count--;
        SetTimer("CountDown",1000,0);
    }
    return 1;
}

That's just a simple example, you could also use a repeating timer with the KillTimer function.

[knackworst]

I see, but where did you insert the In..."" string?

[JaTochNietDan]

What do you mean? The variable "string"? Well I was assuming you will have your own string variables to worry about, it's only an example, not copy-paste snippet

[knackworst]

meh, but I need a displayed thing wich says: 5 minuts until minigame starts
and one minut after that it says 4mins etc...

Is the best way to do this is using extimer and just make textdraw for every minut?

[JaTochNietDan]

Well in my opinion, for example, all you would need is one textdraw and then set a timer to repeat every 60 seconds and decrease the count variable by 1. Then just edit the textdraw and it will update on people's screens showing 4 minutes...3 and so on as the timer repeats.

[knackworst]

yes, but I don't know what count variable is :S

[JaTochNietDan]

Look at my example, that's what I was referring to. Just a simple variable that is decremented every 60 seconds, that is your minutes value for the textdraw!

[knackworst]

Oh, I see thank you!