How do I Start the System timer when i click a button?

hi guys, newbie here...

so i have a timer that spawns enemies every 2 seconds.

but that triggers the moment the game/layout starts.

i would like to make a button, (added)

and make that timer/Event to start when i click the button.

i cant find anything in a Button/Events to do that :(

should be super simple, right?

You can add the timer plugin to the button - if you set the timer to regular you can then use it to spawn an enemy every x seconds:

dropbox.com/s/23reuzoys26srap/buttonTimerSpawner.c3p

Click the black button to turn the enemy spawn on and off.

i hate when i post something because i cant find a solution for hours and after i make the post i find something that seems to work :P lol

i created this Boolean on the button and then i found you can add another condition to events not just one,

but i would like your opinion if this is the "proper" way to do it?

https://imgur.com/a/V9DgYli

Nothing wrong with doing it that way - if it works, it works! :-)

Nothing wrong with doing it that way - if it works, it works! :-)

hehe thanks mate. as programmer i want to be sure that i am doing it "right" cause i worry if i cause some other unknown behavior in the background or find this in the future in-front of me as a problem.

but yeah wth... this is my 1st game... i am not trying to become Blizzard in the 00's

thanks again for the other way you proposed!

side question thought, hehehee how do you make the text in the buttons aligned center and not always on top?

Not sure tbh, I tend to make bespoke buttons out of sprites. Maybe you can do it using the "Set CSS value" action?