Run function once, then after a delay

[Göran]

Hey,

 

I would like to call a function once, without a delay and after that, with a delay.

 

The function itself contains a for loop, that runs of a counter that I increment every 10 seconds.

Confusingly, the for loop doesn't recognize the incremented counter and still only runs the amount of times, the counter was originally at.

 

This would be my code so far:

  drawGobbla: function() {    this.timerTime = 10000;    this.gobblaGroup = this.game.add.group();    /* Add bitmap at given coordinates */    gobblaBitmap = this.game.add.bitmapData(20, 20);    /* Fill the bitmap with a color (rgba) */    gobblaBitmap.fill( 0, 250, 20, 1);    for(var i = 0; i < this.gobblaCount; i++) {      var gobbla = this.gobblaGroup.create(this.game.rnd.integerInRange(40, this.game.width - 60), 100, gobblaBitmap);      this.game.physics.enable(gobbla, Phaser.Physics.ARCADE);      gobbla.enableBody = true;      gobbla.body.velocity.y = this.game.rnd.integerInRange(200, 400);      gobbla.body.maxVelocity.y = 400;      gobbla.checkWorldBounds = true;      gobbla.events.onOutOfBounds.add(this.resetGobbla, this);      if(this.gobblaCount >= 30) {        this.gobblaCount = 0;      }    }  }

(gobblas are just squares really... )

 

In create: 

    this.gobblaCount = 1;    if(this.gobblaCount == 1) {      this.timerTime = 0;    }    this.timer = this.game.time.create(false);    this.timer.loop(this.timerTime, this.drawGobbla, this);    this.timer.start();

I am probably doing everything wrong. If so: Please tell me! I am just starting with all of this. Any help is greatly appreciated!

 

Basically what I want to achieve is: First one square falls from the top of the screen, then after 10 seconds 2 do, then 3 and so on.

Edited November 28, 2014 by Göran

[XekeDeath]

I don't see where you are incrementing this.gobblaCount at all...

Also, this is potentially not good:

for(var i = 0; i < this.gobblaCount; i++) {    ...    if(this.gobblaCount >= 30) {        this.gobblaCount = 0;    }}

If gobblaCount is 30, on the first run of the loop, it will reset to 0, and the loop will terminate, giving you only 1 gobbla.

Unless this is the intention, to restart the count every time 30 gobblas need to spawn.

In which case I'd put that if statement below the for loop so it is called once at the end, instead of every iteration.

[stauzs]

hi,

 

you can create something like this:
 

// decrease timeout after each tickvar time = 1000;var timer = game.time.create(false);var tick = function(){  time -= 50;  if(time > 0){     console.log("ticking - next tick in:", time);     timer.add(time, tick);  }  else{    console.log("destination reached");    timer.destroy();  }};timer.add(time, tick);timer.start();

p.s. you might find this useful: http://snook.ca/archives/javascript/javascript_pass