Question about timers

[Joat_Mone]

Does the timer count up, or down? I'm trying to get it where you can hold down a key, but the shot will happen only once every half a second. I was going to use a timer, and when the timer expired, a shot would happen. I just need to know what to look for :

<sudo code>
if (the timer reaches 0)
{
create the shot;
}

[willg101]

Timers count down, and typically repeat until destroyed.

[Joat_Mone]

Thanks (and quick too).