How to make a timer start when a text button is pressed?
I am making a game where when a frame pops up asking if you accept the challenge, a timer should start after you hit the button and end once you complete the challenge. Most of the timer scripts I find have the timer starting as soon as the server opens. How do I go about doing this?
The closest thing I've found to what I want to happen is:
local text = script.Parent
local seconds = 59
local minutes = 14
local secondsDisplay = ""
local minutesDisplay = ""
for m = minutes, 0, -1 do
01 | if m < 10 then |
02 |
03 | minutesDisplay = "0"..m |
04 |
05 | else |
06 |
07 | minutesDisplay = m |
08 |
09 | end |
10 |
11 | for s = seconds, 0, -1 do |
12 |
13 | if seconds > 59 then |
14 |
15 | s = 59 |
end
The problem is that it starts as soon as the server opens and I need it to wait until the accept button is clicked.
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2 answers
TICK()
Tick() provides the time in seconds that has passed since 1st of January of 1970. It actually provides quite a few uses.
In this case, we would want to get the time since the invitation got accepted
01 | local AcceptButtonName = "Accept"; -- the name of the accept button |
02 | local DeclineName = "Decline" |
03 | local Count = false |
04 |
05 | local tim = tick() |
06 |
07 | function AcceptedInvite() |
08 | local AcceptedTime = tick() |
09 |
10 | local Difference = (tim - AcceptedTime) |
11 |
12 | return Difference |
13 | end |
14 |
15 | script.Parent[AcceptButtonName].Activated:Connect(function() |
1 | local timerbutton = game.StarterGui.Button --make a button |
2 |
3 | timerbutton.MouseButton1Click:Connect(function() |
4 | for i = 1, 10, 1 do |
5 | timerbutton.Text = i |
6 | end |
7 | end) |