Decreasing a integer every second

Question

I am using AndEngine to add sprites to a scene.

The sprites are all added at a Timed interval that I can control through a class i created for it.

For Example to set the time(as second)

Timer timer = new Timer();
timer.setInterval(Float second);

I created this method so that the timer could change as i needed it to during the user interaction with the game.

So as the sprites are added to the scene they move on the y axis at random places.

I have two intervals that they take to control the max duration and minimum duration they take to move across the screen.

For example...

Private int MaxDurarion = 4;// 4 is equivalent to 4 seconds for this
Private int MinDuration = 2 //Same for minimum duration

I have a IUpdateHandler that is designed to be updated every second.

So in this method i update the score and other things accordingly.

Now the problem is i check to see if the user has reached a certain score, if they have then i would like to decrease the max duration and the minimum duration.

For Example..

if(userScore == MAX){
MaxDuration = MaxDuration - (int).2;
TimerSecond = TimerSecond - .1f;
}

Now i have tried it this way, but i have found that the Maxduration returns back to the original integer after each update.

I hope ive explained this well enough what i am trying to do.

Is there a better way to do this?

Thanks guys.

Brandon Buck Brandon Buck · Accepted Answer · 2011-12-07T02:16:11

You are casting .2 to an int which I believe is resulting in 0, so you aren't changing the MaxDuration at all.

Decreasing a integer every second

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