so, my game time in millis is 10,000 (10 seconds) this is changeable,

Kelvin_Mead · April 15, 2016, 2:50pm

so, my game time in millis is 10,000 (10 seconds) this is changeable, and id like a tension creator, so something will happen at intervalgame/4

the following simple code works, but is an over riding constant.

is there a way of manually starting the counter for EVERY_N_MILLISECONDS, or will i have to resort back to the millis() computation?

EVERY_N_MILLISECONDS( intervalGame/4 ) {do something}

matt_p · April 15, 2016, 6:39pm

A while back, there was a post about passing a variable to the EVERY function:

https://plus.google.com/106461657512143768817/posts/AyRzBp77g4h

If the link fails, search for “EVERY_N_MILLIS_I” . The “_I” at the end is important.

marmil · April 16, 2016, 4:45am

@Kelvin_Mead Even though I’m not exactly sure what you were asking, your post did peak my interest to investigate the EVERY_N* stuff some more. Here’s a wacky test I made that tests out manually creating the timers, checking timers with if statement, and using setPeriod(), getPeriod(), getRemaining(), and reset().

github.com

marmilicious/FastLED_examples/blob/master/every_n_timers.ino

// Experiments with EVERY_N timer stuff.
// Testing:  manually creating timer, checking with if statement,
//   and using setPeriod(), getPeriod(), getRemaining(), and reset()
//
// Open serial monitor to follow some output.
//
// Marc Miller, Apr. 2016
//
//------------------------------------------------------------------
#include "FastLED.h"
#define LED_TYPE LPD8806
#define DATA_PIN 11
#define CLOCK_PIN 13
#define NUM_LEDS 32
CRGB leds[NUM_LEDS];

uint16_t tTime = 10;  // seconds to next trigger.  Get's randomized.
uint16_t cTime = 10;  // Count after trigger for n seconds
uint16_t rTime = 3;  // Reset after n seconds

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Kelvin_Mead · April 16, 2016, 3:48pm

@marmil thats really useful! thanks!