Help With timers needed >.<

[Nubbs]

so ive read this tutorial http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/index.php?topic=16378.0 ….. and i didnt learn hardly anything about timers well i did, but i dont understand how they work i.e make a sub? how do i use an existing one? or do i have to make a new sub for every timer? that tutorial didn't seem to explain it well enough so let me tell you what im trying to do

```
' Executes when a player steps onto a scripted tile.
Sub ScriptedTile(Index, Script)
Select Case Script
Case 0
Dim F
    Dim C
    Dim K
  K = GetPlayerMap(index)
  C = GetPlayerX(index)
  F = GetPlayerY(index)

If GetPlayerClass(index) = 0 Then
  Call PlayerMsg(index, "its workin", 2)
  If CanTake(Index, 20, 1) = True Then
  Call PlayerMsg(index, "you have the shovel", 2)
  Call TakeItem(index, 1, 1)
  Call SendInventory(index)
  Call PlayerMsg(index, "one seed was taken from your stash", 5)
      Call SetTile( K, C, F, 6, 1, 0, 5)
      Call SetTimer("Plant" & index & "," & "SendMap(K)", 3000)
      Call PlayerMsg(index, "this bewteen the timer", 2)
      Call RemoveTimer("Plant" & index & "," & "SendMap(K)")
      Call PlayerMsg(index, "this is after the timer", 7)
  Else
  Call PlayerMsg(index, "its not workin", 2)
```
thats all i got so far basically i want the SetTile to disappear when the timer ends…ive got more to add after that but this is what i got so far and everything works except the timer which is named by a sub i tried to make myself  >.< didnt work out for obvious reasons prolly

ive been trying to figure this out for like the past two days lol i hate timers as much as i hate ElseIf

*note im using EE 2.7

[AdrianC]

Call it using:

Call SetTimer("SendMap" & index, 3000)

Instead of:

Call SendMap(index)

Also add

Call RemoveTimer("SendMap" & index) 

WITHIN your SsendMap sub.

[AdrianC]

What do you mean you want SetTitle to disappear?

[Nubbs]

i dont have the SendMap sub in my main.txt so i would need to make it then right?

Sub SendMap(mapper)
    Call SendMap(index)
    Call RemoveTimer("SendMap", & index)

is that how i should set it up?

Call SetTile calls the (Map , X, Y, xset, yset, tileset ,layer)
(it places a tile from the tilesheet on the map) i want it to go away when the timer ends…and SendMap made the tile go away when i added that to the Calls i made so i want to set it up on a timer to call SendMap after the 3000 (3sec) is up

[AdrianC]

Umm, ok, I kinda get what you want, but I don't think it will work. SendMap is like a refresh, its not meant to restore the map.

[Nubbs]

so is there a function i could call to do this or do i need to send what it was before the script to a variable then make it get that varible out of the ini and call it?

[AdrianC]

Yeah, you need to save its value beforehand.

[Nubbs]

ok so how would i set up a timer with that?

Call SetTimer("SetTile" & "GetVar" (".ini","header","param" "previous state")"," 3000)

Call RemoveTimer ???????

[AdrianC]

You need to create a sub and then call that sub as a timer.