Knob to change ms of a Timer

[treynterrio]

Hello, I have this Timer that activates and deactivates a Button. Now I want a Knob to change the ms of the Timer like from 0,1sec to 10sec?

const var Timer = Engine.createTimerObject();

Timer.setTimerCallback(function()
{
    if (Content.getComponent("Button1").getValue() == 0)
    {
        Content.getComponent("Button1").setValue(1);
    }
    else
    {
        Content.getComponent("Button1").setValue(0);
    }
});

Timer.startTimer(5000);

[d.healey]

@treynterrio said in Knob to change ms of a Timer:

if (Content.getComponent("Button1").getValue() == 0)
{
    Content.getComponent("Button1").setValue(1);
}
else
{
    Content.getComponent("Button1").setValue(0);
}

What is this supposed to do?

To change the duration you just call startTimer() again from your knob's callback

[treynterrio]

@d-healey this is for the Button this function works but I want to change the ms from the timer its set to 5000 so its fixed but I want to control it

[d.healey]

@treynterrio Ah I see. You should store the reference to the button in on init rather than creating a new reference every time you want to access it.

You can also condense the script.

const Button1 = Content.getComponent("Button1");

Timer.setTimerCallback(function()
{
    Button1.setValue(!Button1.getValue());
});

[treynterrio]

@d-healey ok. but how can I make a knob that controls the ms between the Button is activated and deactivated?

[d.healey]

@treynterrio Like I said, use startTimer() again to change the duration from within your knob's callback.

[treynterrio]

@d-healey I'm using this:

inline function ontimeControl(component, value)
{
	Timer.startTimer(value);
};
Content.getComponent("time").setControlCallback(ontimeControl);

and it works but I got an error in the console every time I change the value with the knob.

Interface:! Line 30, column 18: Go easy on the timer

[d.healey]

@treynterrio Don't go below 40ms

[treynterrio]

@d-healey now it works! thanks for your time and help

[aaronventure]

@d-healey

It'll take 10ms but you can easily choke the message threat of you're repainting a big surface and using blur.

Also older CPUs might complain. VMs too.