Run every x seconds for a duration of x seconds

Hello,

I'm building a type of tycoon game - or at least am trying to.

I want to run an event for an amount of time.

Say, every 0.5 seconds, I add 1 to LotValue for a duration of 10 seconds.

Every 5 seconds another house is picked and runs that event.

Or, I guess I could also set a condition just above 'Every 0.5 seconds' instead of having a duration of 10 seconds.

But the main problem is, the whole thing runs only once. When testing, every 5 seconds it picks a house and sets the containered LotValue and adds '1' to it only once. Then it's off to another random house.

I'm still learning and this game is a whole new challenge for me.

Thanks.

Did you try system--repeat?

All sub-events under 'every 5 seconds' run only once every 5 seconds, so your 'every 0.5 seconds' event can run only every 5 seconds for once. You have to seperate those events. Give your houses a boolean variable and set it to true when an instance is picked:

Thanks for your replies.

This gives me something to work with. I'm also reading up on picking (Youtube Scirra Videos).

Regards