How to add delays in Phaser?

[toto88x]

Hi,

 

What is the best way to add some kind of delay in Phaser? Some examples:

- Move a sprite to position x, wait 2 seconds, then move sprite to another position

- Every time the player die: wait 1 second, then make it reappear at the beginning of the level

- Set a variable to true, then 3 secondes later set it to false

 

Thanks!

[Shadow20]

Just last night i was looking for this and found it on the forums already, here is the thread : http://www.html5gamedevs.com/topic/1870-in-game-timer/

 

or to paste the relevant post here, here is the code for an example:

 

 

 

 This is a basic timer that displays the time since the game started.  You could modify it to suit your needs.  

var game = new Phaser.Game(800, 600, Phaser.AUTO, { preload: preload, create: create, update: update });function preload() {game.load.bitmapFont('desyrel', '/assets/fonts/desyrel.png', '/assets/fonts/desyrel.xml');}var textStyle = { font: '64px Desyrel', align: 'center'};var timer;var milliseconds = 0;var seconds = 0;var minutes = 0;function create() {timer = game.add.bitmapText(250, 250, '00:00:00', textStyle);}function update() {//Calling a different function to update the timer just cleans up the update loop if you have other code.updateTimer();}function updateTimer() {minutes = Math.floor(game.time.time / 60000) % 60;seconds = Math.floor(game.time.time / 1000) % 60;milliseconds = Math.floor(game.time.time) % 100;//If any of the digits becomes a single digit number, pad it with a zeroif (milliseconds < 10)milliseconds = '0' + milliseconds;if (seconds < 10)seconds = '0' + seconds;if (minutes < 10)minutes = '0' + minutes;timer.setText(minutes + ':'+ seconds + ':' + milliseconds);}

 

Hope this is enough to give you what you needed.

[Hsaka]

Hi, it looks like you can also do this using the Timer class in the dev version of Phaser: https://github.com/photonstorm/phaser/commit/aa3a86df6ef135bcccda0cf390ba7f01e86d0f05

timer = game.time.create(1000, false);timer.add(3000);timer.onEvent.add(doSomething, this);timer.start();

[pato_reilly]

Basically, you have to record the time via game.time.now at the event that you want to initiate a delay. Do this by storing it in a variable:

var timeCheck;function myFunction() {//do somethingtimeCheck = game.time.now;}

Then in the update() loop, test for the elapsed time you want to wait against the difference between game.time.now and timeCheck:

function update() {// test for 3 second delayif (game.time.now - timeCheck > 3000){//3 seconds have elapsed, so safe to do somethingmyNextFunction();}else{//still waiting}

There are other ways to accomplish this that are specific to what you are doing (Phaser tweens, setTimeout, setting game.paused)

[parwaniprakash]

Hello toto88x,

 

        I have the same query as you asked in the post. Have you got your answer? if yes please let me know. 

 

Thanks for your help in advance.

[ZoomBox]

The answer is just above your post...

[parwaniprakash]

Hello Zoombox, Thanks for your replay but the question is not "how to add timer". The question is how to add delay in object / sprite. I had already tried setTimeout function of javascript and its not working. Jquery Delay is also not working. so that's why I was asking..  

I am creating a game in which different nodes are showing and train is going on each node. Now I need to stop the train for a particular time being. so this is my problem. 

By the way thanks for your answer and support.. if you have any suggestion please let me know.

 

Thanks

[ZoomBox]

That's still right above your post. Pato-reilly answered it.

 

I was writing an answer but I noticed that it is excatly what pato_reilly wrote.

 

Edit: And, of course, I have already done something like this and it works perfectly.

[parwaniprakash]

Yes its working fine.. thanks for your great support..

[samme]

You don't need to add a new timer, just add a new timer event on the built-in game timer:

game.time.events.add(DELAY, function () {/* … */});

 

[n7pankake]

can you add a delay WITHOUT Needing a damn function/event?