How do I put a timer in Twine 2.0?

linoone

I've referred to this:
https://www.glorioustrainwrecks.com/node/5108

But I can't seem to get this code to work. When I test it, it just appears as the code itself.

I've tried (if: time > 1s)[text] as an alternative, but it doesn't appear on the page.

greyelf

You need to state which Story Format you are using when you ask a question, as answers can be different for each one. Based on the syntax of your examples I am going to assume you are using Harlow.

The code you linked to was written for Twine 1's Sugarcane story format and will not work in Harlowe.

Harlowe has a (live:) macro which can be used to do what you want.

(live: 1s)[
Show this text
(stop:)
]

note: A (live:) macro will keep triggering until the Reader navigates to another passage, the (stop:) macro is used to stop the (live:) from being triggered again.

linoone

Thank you for your help!