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javascript countdown problem

Discussion in 'Online Game Development' started by rtkwar, Nov 23, 2011.

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  1. rtkwar

    rtkwar Big Brute New Ogre

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    hi iwill make game like travian and tribalwars in this games if you want build soldier you will need 5:09:59 hours how ican make count down for this
    thats my code but not work,why?



    <script type="text/javascript">
    function timer(date){
    var time=date.split(":");
    if(time[0]>0){
    time[0]=time[0]-1;
    t=settimeout("timer('5:09:59')",1000);
    document.getElementById("test").innerHTML=time[0];
    }else{}
    }
    </script>
    <b id=test></b>
    <input type=submit onclick="timer('5:09:59')">
     
    rtkwar, Nov 23, 2011
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  2. shugo

    shugo Elite Ogre Ogre Veteran

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    not sure what exactly you're trying to do here, could you elaborate more?

    have you considered this?

    what happens if the user closes the page?!

    remember javascript is clientside, not serverside


    and if it did work, you would still have to reload the page, when it reaches 0 seconds

    like for example: window.location.assign("roma.php")


    i'm not too familiar with countdowns in javascript, because I've never used it myself, you may have better luck asking this in a javascript help forum
     
    shugo, Nov 24, 2011
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  3. rtkwar

    rtkwar Big Brute New Ogre

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    you can tell me good forums for my questions?
     
    rtkwar, Nov 24, 2011
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    shugo Elite Ogre Ogre Veteran

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    hmm that's a tough one, I don't visit many javascript help forums these days.

    You could try phpfreaks, though they're more about php, they do have a javascript subforum
     
    shugo, Nov 25, 2011
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    Have you tried a Javascript book? I recently bought an old one to help whenever I had a problem with Javascript.
     
    ogreman, Nov 26, 2011
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    shugo Elite Ogre Ogre Veteran

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    good suggestion that ^

    if you need a cheap book, i have a copy of the javascript bible in pdf format. I could upload it to my site and then you can download the book from there.
     
    shugo, Nov 29, 2011
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    Javascript books hold their usefulness more than other languages etc right?
     
    ogreman, Dec 20, 2011
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    that they do
     
    shugo, Dec 21, 2011
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    Also wanted to add.... Javascript is loaded on the clients pc. Not the server. What you will want is php. If you want the time to show in realtime then you will want to use javascript in conjuction. Hope this helps.
     
    hypokill, Jan 30, 2012
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    Php will always return the current remaining time to the browser. And whenever a time is returned to the browser, javascript will start countdown. So, javascript is a stupid machine in this example. Php does everything.
     
    oraklus, Sep 1, 2012
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