Fix a lives refill timer that restarts on every use or hands out too many hearts

A player loses a life and the next one should arrive after a set wait. In practice the wait starts over each time they lose another, a long break gives more hearts than the maximum, or a full set starts counting too early. This entry shows how to make the AI keep the timer exact.

Why this works

One timer should answer one question: when does the next heart arrive. So remember only when the current wait began, and work out the rest from that whenever someone looks. Keeping the part of a wait already served means no visit costs the player time.

When not to use it

Do not use a wait timer for a game that is meant to be played in long sessions, or one where the wait only pushes people toward paying. It then feels like a toll. Consider letting lives return through play, or drop the limit entirely.

In the full entry

• What to build, step by step
• Starting values and the reason for each
• 3 common mistakes and the fix
• A diagram of every state
• 23 lines of example code with 5 checks that pass
• How your AI shows you that it works

Say this to your AI

Use the Spielerando entry "Fix a lives refill timer that restarts on every use or hands out too many hearts" (read_entry lives-timer-restarts-or-overfills) in my game. Build it step by step, and show me how you checked that it works.

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