Hello everybody.

I was wondering if there is a way to use the timed function on buttons (e.g. showButton("Continue", 10)), while several buttons are shown. Imagine a multiple choice quiz with four options, where you get it wrong if you answer one of the three or simply does not make it in time.

A second question: Is it possible to show a timer and a button on the same time? Like a countdown?

Best regards,
cd228

There are no functions like this.

For the 2nd problem, you can show a button durung 1 second, in a loop.

See also : http://ss.deviatenow.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=438

Damn...:/
Nevertheless thank you for the answer:)

You're welcome. Notice, for a quizz, you can choose a different aproach : getSelectedValue() then calculate the elapsed time to say ok, wrong or too late.

Ahh good idea. Not completely what I was looking for, but it will do:)

cd228, I wanted to do this at one point too, and was also sad it wasn't possible. Still, a Doti says, a good workaround is to tell the player they have x seconds to "answer" and use the method he suggests ("You took too long!"). It's not as ideal, but it should work fine.

Also, in theory, you could display a "countdown", I'm guessing (look at mine and other scripts that display a series of spanks (x) that count onscreen: 1... 2... 3... etc.); I think you could do something similar with a timed countdown loop (no actual spanks/sounds), so the player will see 10... 9... 8... 7... 0" until they click a button. Just an idea, though; not sure if it would work in reality.

Something I personally want is a "buttonwithgauge" function that shows the timer gauge before you click a button.

Well I have been doing the following for single button:

In script:



In Function.groovy


This all works fine, and shows a countdown, where you will have returned "false" to the script if the timer has run out, and "true" if you reported in time.

Now I just need to see if I can find a workaround with several buttons...
You cannot time getSelectedValue(), can you?