void updatePlayers() {
	bullet_lag=GetTickCount();

	if(GetTickCount()-bullet_lag<300) {
		if (KEYDOWN(VK_UP))   {
                	//do bullet shooting
		}
	}
}

(i don't know the tag for code... i haven't had to use it before) [Edit: [code] for simple teletype formatting and preserving whitespace, [source] for syntax highlighting, a scrolling window, etc. - Oluseyi] Here is the code snipped that i'm having problems with. I already have the code used to set the limit on the game itself so that it doesn't run too fast and such. I just don't understand as to why this isn't working. i have a predeclaration of DWORD bullet_lag in the main header file and it works with the limiting of the game. i hope that it's just a stupid simple error. the problem with it not having a limit is that currently the bullet is just a pixel with x,y and color. but when you hit keydown because the computer reads it so quickly it reads it as a constant pressing which results in a line of pixels. this code i tried to implement was to allow it so that wouldn't happen, to put a limiter on the button so that it could'nt be pressed but so often. can anyone help? [Edited by - Oluseyi on October 3, 2004 1:08:48 PM]

hmm... i tried switching the symbol but then nothing happens...

YAY! It worked! Thanks alot. I see what i was doing wrong, i actually didn't really understand the timer thing all that much, now i do. thanks a lot.

laterz