Trying to make an a army general kind of guy, not going too well.

I'm trying to figure out if there's a command that can count how many seconds pass from one activation point to another. This is kind of what I'm trying to do: IF-timer command-THEN SPSET, you know the rest. So in a way it's spawning a thing after a certain amount of time.

What's the best way to get accurate arrow firing, like, not just 8 directions, but all directions, using the circle pad (and probably pressing A or Y to fire) is there any way to do this with a sprite? if so, can someone show me how to do this? *Commercial man*:This may or may not be a favor for J.P.Side effects may vary: Loss of sight or hearing, unexpected vomiting,and in severe cases,DEATH. JK

.............................................A picture that J.P was gonna help me with.

Here's the key for the current version of my current "game", Coins. I am open too any ideas or suggestions, so please leave a comment about it.

Well as you know (two, maybe three, people) I have been gone for quite some time. and I'll be honest with you, I was learning (and became fairly good at) Smile BASIC, but I wasn't really getting anywheres after asking several questions OVER and OVER. What I'm saying is that the reason I left is because

The title pretty much sums it up, how do I use SPANIM for something like when up is pushed on the circle-pad, it animates the sprite on screen? I realize that I ask a lot of questions...

Can someone help me with SPANIM? I'm trying to mess around with it to try and understand it, but it just doesn't make sense. All I know is if I follow the example, it moves the sprite in a weird way, and if i switch xy with uv, it goes crazy.

How would I use SPHOME so that the sprite doesn't go out of the bounderies when it gets bigger? (it doesn't do that when it's at normal size)

How do I set a minimum for a random number?

Is this how I would load a map that I made? (I'm really bad at loading maps)

How would i make it so that a sprite moves when I use the circle pad. (not the dpad)

How would I use SPCOL to make the coins disappear after you grab them?

I finished making a little game to get the hang of the basics but now I want to make a new game. I appreciate any suggestions.

What is an array? it dosen't say anything about them in the manual.

I'm making a game where you go to a 'shop' and buy upgrades. The problem is, i can't figure out how to change SPsize and SPspeed when you buy an item.