I read Pertex's excellent reply to someone who was wanting a message to appear in a room after a certain amount of time http://www.textadventures.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=2854&p=19739&hilit=timer&sid=8ea00e26340f132c695c544a5f941903#p19739

My question follows on from this and I was wondering whether it was possible to have the timer displayed in the screen/status area showing the countdown as it happens? It would add to the suspense and excitement.

If that is not possible might I have to look at The PIxie's Clock timer resource?

Many thanks for your help

Gideon

I'm guessing this should be possible to some extent, maybe using a timer script that updates the value in the status area every second? I would have to play around with it in Quest to figure out any specifics, but maybe that will help point you in the right direction?

Have a look at this

GENIUS!

I am in awe,

Many many thanks

I have made a step by step help sheet for novices like me after the awesome help given to me by Pertex. Hope it sort of makes sense and is useful....

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/7336564/countdown-clock.pdf

My name is Pertex, please.
Do you have this pdf in another format, too? I would like to add it to the wiki, but then I would need the text and the pictures separately