How do I go to a new layout, but start with NEW time from 0

I first created a little game. I set up the game so that after certain amounts of time, specific things would happen. I called this layout page "game". For example, in the game:

1. After 5 seconds, it will play sound1

2. After 10 seconds, it will play sound2

AFTER I set up the 'game' page, I then created the intro/title page... I set it up so that once they are on the title page, they hit a button and it brings them to 'game' page... but once they get there, all of the time is screwed up -- since the game already thinks certain time has already passed (while it was sitting on the title screen). Therefore...

HOW CAN I SET UP THE GAME SO THAT WHEN THE ACTUAL GAME PAGE BEGIN, IT STARTS FROM 0 SECONDS.. AS IF IT WAS THE VERY FIRST PAGE IN THE GAME?

You could create a global variable to store time in. In your event sheet count it up every second, and reset the global variable when you switch to a new layout.

Make sure you use wallclocktime. It gives you the time in seconds since the game began and is not affected by anything (like pausing the game etc)

Sorry to be a bother.. but could you possibly give me an example and tell me EXACTLY how to do it? Basically, I want every level to start from a time of 0 and then just count normal. I do know how to create a global variable but I'm not sure how to have it deal with the time issue for each level. Sorry.

Thanks.

Here is what I would do:

• Make global variable "timecount" and set it to Number, value=0
• Create an event: System->Every 1 second; create an action: System->Add to timecount, value 1
• Create another event: System->Compare instance variable->timecount = 5; create an action: System->Audio->Play sound = sound1
• Create another event: System->Compare instance variable->timecount = 10; create an action: System->Audio->Play sound = sound2

Then, when you go to another layout: System->At start of layout; System->Set value->timecount = 0. This essentially resets your global timer each time you navigate to another layout.

Of course, you could probably also wrap most of this into a handy Function so you just call the Function each time you go to another layout; saves time having to copy/paste this for each layout!

Hope this makes some sense. I'm not actually at my home computer to view the exact inputs/outputs but maybe this gives you enough to work with for now.