how do I make it wait?

TwentyVyrus

I'm trying to make a game where you click a and it gives you a bronze coin, 100 bronze coins make a silver coin and 100 silver coins make a gold coin. You can buy upgrades so you get more bronze coins per click but I'm making a new upgrade so every second you get a bronze coin without having to to anything here is the code:

    if sils == false and sil > 49 then
        printat(0, 8 , "press right d-pad to buy a silversmith")
            if c.right and !oldc.right then
                sil -= 50
                sils = true
            endif
    endif
    if sils == true then
        brz+= 1
    endif

but I want it to wait a second after giving a bronze coin but when I put a sleep(1) after brz += 1 then it makes everything else wait aswell. How could I separate the rest of the code from this section so it will wait but everythong else goes on as normal?

spikey

@twentyvyrus you can use time()

_lastTime = time() // global variable
INTERVAL = 5 // seconds between action

// main loop
loop

if (time() - _lastTime) >= INTERVAL then
   // Increase your value or do any other timed action
   _lastTime = time() // reinit your timer
endif

repeat

TwentyVyrus

@spikey thanks it worked although the whole thing is still a little bit confusing to me so im gonna have to keep practicing with the time function!