I'm not sure where suggestions should go, so I apologize if this is in the wrong forum.

The Suggestion:
Make a “start timer” block and a “stop timer” block (or make just a “toggle timer” block).
The block(s) would start or stop the timer “variable” (in the Sensing category).

Anyone?

that would be cool

I made a simple tutorial how to pause timers. Here is the link: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/20816489/

GRAVITY_GUY02 wrote:

I made a simple tutorial how to pause timers. Here is the link: http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/20816489/

Lol. But it is in seconds. I figured it out in 5 seconds, in my own project lol.

This should be in Suggestions.

Here's an accurate way to do it using Scratch's very accurate timer:
User:Mathfreak231/Stoppable Timer
(it's a WIP, that's why it's in my userspace)

Support! I think it will be useful.

[stop v] timer :: sensing stack

no support as that would represent stopping time itself. nobody nor nothing can do that (except maybe a time machine )

Support, suggested this before.

Support!

workaroundable

when green flag clicked
forever   
wait (0.1) secs
if <(timer.stat_001) = [ON]> then   
change [timer_001 v] by (0.1)
end

end

SUPPORT

Support. We should reach out to the Scratch Team. How do we get this topic noticed?

seanbobe wrote:

no support as that would represent stopping time itself. nobody nor nothing can do that (except maybe a time machine )

Easy there, seanbobe. This is just a convenience on the Internet. It’s not a matter of whether of it “represents” something or not.

Scratch has a “reset timer” button. Why can’t we toggle the timer?

Workaround.

set [timer pause v] to (timer)

If you need to start it again just reset the timer and use a wait until block. Not sure if using this in a custom block running without screen refresh will work – you can just pause the entire project, though.

JC20092009 wrote:

Support. We should reach out to the Scratch Team. How do we get this topic noticed?

This topic is seven years old so please don't bump it up.

scratch978654 wrote:

JC20092009 wrote:

Support. We should reach out to the Scratch Team. How do we get this topic noticed?

This topic is seven years old so please don't bump it up.

Necroposting doesn't exist in the suggestions forum as long as you're constructive.

This is a duplicate.

Please continue the discussion in the link above. That way, the conversation sticks in one place, rather than being scattered across the forums.