Moving an object without pausing the game? (Solved!)

[Oz]

Is there any way I can move an object (MoveObjectDirect) without the game being paused or do I have to make the object a character in order to be able to do this (MoveCharacter)? I'm looking to have small things moving around in the backgrounds (birds flying by, cars passing, etc).

[Pumaman]

MoveObjectDirect doesn't pause the game. Can you post the script you're using?

[Oz]

I found out what I was doing wrong. I had a 'wait(100);' line holding up the rest of the script. Is there any other way I could delay an event? I want an object to move across the screen about 10 seconds after the player has entered the room. I figure I should be able to do this by setting up a timer of some sort. I'll look around the forums for info on this!

[Oz]

Ah! No problem using SetTimer and IsTimerExpired. "Problem" solved.