Timer start by first mouseclick only

How do I...?
1

hi.
starting a scene there are e.g. 5 objects visible.
each object can be clicked.
now a timer should start by the FIRST mouseclick on an object only.
in this example the following 4 mouseclicks should be ignored by the timer, which means the timer should continue from the first click till all other objects are clicked.

(problem: at the moment in my script the timer starts again from the beginning by each click…)

2

Hi,
you could make a counter variable that tracks the number of clicks. If you have 5 objects, the timer will be reset when the variable is 5.

3

hi.
could you please advise with a step by step procedere?
as a newbie and no-programmer i cant program this…
and: in this example there can be a lot more clicks like 5, nobody can know how much.
so the simple counting would not help.

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Alright. My example shows just one way to do that in a very basic way.

click count
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At the beginning of the scene:

  • I create and pause the timer (the creation happens with the pause action),

  • I create a scene variable click_count and set it to 0 (this is as the name implies the counter for the clicks).

  • I also generate a random number of objects (between 1 and 5) at random positions on the screen.

Then I use the expression SceneInstancesCount() which gives the number of instances of my object that are on the screen and I store this value in the scene variable objects_on_screen.

When I click the object:

  • the timer is unpaused (now it is running)
  • the scene variable click_count is increased by 1
  • I delete the clicked object (to have a visual confirmation that I clicked all objects)

When the scene variable objects_on_screen equals the number of my clicks which I stored in the scene variable click_count:

  • the timer is paused (you can use any action you like here)

PS: If you feel a bit lost here, you should definitely follow some of the Gdevelop tutorials. GDevelop 5 tutorials [GDevelop wiki]

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hi.
first of all: WOW and thanks again drona.
i will test that asap.
and of course i am reading tutorials before asking, BUT
as i said it before: as a newbie/non-coder you would NEVER found such a solution…
.cu.

6

me again… sorry.
but this is TOO complicated for me.
because i dont know what i am doing…
will have a look for an other solution.
anyway.
thank you so much for your help!

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no need to, that’s what the forum is there for

In the right upper part of the event editor is a button with a cross
Capture_UI

In the menu you can choose among different event times and one of them is the For each-event.