How do I use several timers? (GDevApp)

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When I try to use timers to create objects in GDevApp, I cannot use two different timers twice in the same game.

Say for example:

Condition: Timer called timer1 is greater than 0.5 seconds
Action: create object1 at position 100;100
Action:reset the timer timer1

Condition: Timer called timer2 is greater than 1 seconds
Action: create object2 at position 200;200
Action:reset the timer timer2

Only the first condition is able to create objects not the second one. Why does this happen?

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I’m trying it right now and works fine:

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Maybe the second event creates the objects but they are occluded by another object with a higher Z?, or a misspelling in the timers name? :confused:

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Oh thanks. I realized that the timers need to be quoted to work. Is that the case?

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Yes, you need quotes because timer names are strings, dynamic strings actually, you could use this string to access a timer:

"timer"+ToString(Variable(timer_id))

if the variable “timer_id” is = 2, GDA will look for a timer called “timer2” :slight_smile:
You can’t see it’s a dynamic string in GDevApp, but if you launch GD, you’ll see the string expression button next to the timer’s name parameter :wink:

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