i have a very easy question, but i cant find anything about it online.
i wanna make a loop, that executes a script every x seconds (in this case x = 1)
how do i do that? help if appreciated!
edit: this was solved. thanks to @hexgrid and @dragonforge-dev for solving this!
Create a timer. Set it’s timeout value to the desired time. (Default is 1 second.)
@onready var timer: Timer = $Timer
func _ready() -> void:
timer.timeout.connect(_on_timeout)
func _on_timeout() -> void:
#Your code goes here.
Typo: you called it time, but referred to it as timer.
time.timeout.connect(_on_timeout)
Thanks @hexgrid yeah that was my typo.
yeah, it works according to the script, but it doesnt do anything ingame (for context, i made a label that displays the variable “clicks”) and yeah, it just doesnt increase the variables value after
extends Node
@onready var time: Timer = $Timer
func _ready() → void:
time.timeout.connect(_on_timeout)
func _on_timeout() → void:
if Global3.AutoClickerOn == 1:
Global2.Clicks += 1
$Label.text = str(Global2.Clicks)
thats my code, but for some reason it doesnt work ingame, help is appreciated!
-Quinn
What’s your scene tree look like?
Also surround your code with ``` on top and bottom.
thanks! my scene tree looks like this, the label that is underlined is the label that displays the “clicks” variable
When you’re posting code, if you do this:
```gdscript
code
```
It looks like this:
extends Node
@onready var time: Timer = $Timer
func _ready() → void:
time.timeout.connect(_on_timeout)
func _on_timeout() → void:
if Global3.AutoClickerOn == 1:
Global2.Clicks += 1
$Label.text = str(Global2.Clicks)
Are you sure that Global3.AutoClickerOn is 1 as opposed to (say) true?
My advice in cases like this is, if you’re not sure whether something is working and it’s a multi-step process, stick print() statements in.
I’d suggest sticking a print as the first thing in _on_timeout(), so you know whether the problem is the timeout not firing the callback, or something going wrong within the callback.
yep, i checked.
edit: i checked with a print statement, nothing came out, so that could be the problem?
Oh… yeah… uh…
Ahem.
Timers have an autostart which by default is false. They also have a start() method.
Probably either autostart should be set true or start() should be called in _ready() or something.
We probably should have mentioned that earlier.
how do activate start() ? sorry if this is a basic question im very new to coding 
func _ready():
time.start()
Ah, try:
func _on_timeout() -> void:
print("One second passed...")
if Global3.AutoClickerOn == 1:
print("...autoclick GO!")
Global2.Clicks += 1
$Label.text = str(Global2.Clicks)
else:
print("...autoclick off: " + str(Global3.AutoClickerOn))
Doenst work, well.. it doesnt display anything in the output nor ingame
If you stick a print in _ready(), does it print that? I’m wondering if any of this code is getting run, or if it’s somehow not in the scene or not active.
OH my mistake, it doesnt output anything, but how do i make the code run then?
You’ve listed some code, what file is that code in, and is it attached to any node in the tree?