How do I sync timer with a progress bar.

Is there a way for me to sync a timer to a progress bar? What I want to do is I click a button to activate said progress bar and countdown timer starts while also increasing progress on the progress bar.

The easiest timer I have seen is to use system-every 1 seconds-add 1 (to global time variable). So for a count down you could set time variable to your amount and use subtract 1 every 1 second.

In your every 1 second event just have it add 1 (or 3,5,10.. whatever looks right) to width of your progress bar sprite.

Thanks, will try this one out!

Here's a very basic timer example.

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using the time remaining in seconds global variable to set the width of your progress bar would do the trick.

Thanks both to chrisinfinger & LittleStain! It was fun figuring it out on my own, but I'm grateful I had somewhere to start.