If In Touch for More Then 2 Seconds?

Hey folks, trying to grasp the idea on how to find out to do the following:

+If player touches and holds screen(in touch) for more then 2 second...

Does construct allow in touch to be calculated by how long the player holds down on the screen.

I am trying to do the following:

+ If player or holds down screen for more then 2 seconds, then gets a burst of speed to that position.

Or... the other way..

+ If player taps on screen 2x (quickly.. like double tap). then the player gets boost.

Any ideas on how to do either of these.

Thanks

Use the system expression 'time' for both.

+ Player touches -> Set global 'timestamp' to time
+ Is in touch
  + time - timestamp >= 2
    trigger once             -> give burst

+ Player touches
  + global 'doubletap' = 0 -> Set global 'timestamp' to time
                              Set global 'doubletap' to 1
  + else
    + time - 'timestamp' < 0.3 (or however fast you like) -> give boost

Thank you SOOOO Much!

This worked perfectly.

I am still amazed how you came up with this in your head.

However you did it, i am very grateful for the help.

I am still amazed how you came up with this in your head.Most of the time I wonder myself <img src="smileys/smiley36.gif" border="0" align="middle" /> I'm glad I could be of help.

Knowing the system expressions can really help out a lot when learning a new programming language.

https://www.scirra.com/manual/126/system-expressions