--- a/cocoaTouch/overlayViewController.m	Wed Mar 17 22:56:23 2010 +0000
+++ b/cocoaTouch/overlayViewController.m	Thu Mar 18 02:18:50 2010 +0000
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 #import "PascalImports.h"
 
 @implementation overlayViewController
+@synthesize dimTimer;
+
 
 -(void) didReceiveMemoryWarning {
 	// Releases the view if it doesn't have a superview.
@@ -18,12 +20,23 @@
 	// Release any cached data, images, etc that aren't in use.
 }
 
+-(void) viewDidLoad {
+    dimTimer = [[NSTimer alloc] initWithFireDate:[NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:6]
+                                        interval:1000
+                                          target:self
+                                        selector:@selector(dimOverlay)
+                                        userInfo:nil
+                                         repeats:YES];
+    
+    [[NSRunLoop currentRunLoop] addTimer:dimTimer forMode:NSDefaultRunLoopMode];
+}
+
 -(void) viewDidUnload {
-	// Release any retained subviews of the main view.
-	// e.g. self.myOutlet = nil;
+	[dimTimer invalidate];
 }
 
 -(void) dealloc {
+    [dimTimer release];
     [super dealloc];
 }
 
@@ -31,9 +44,10 @@
 // dim the overlay when there's no more input for a certain amount of time
 -(IBAction) buttonReleased:(id) sender {
 	HW_allKeysUp();
-    [NSTimer scheduledTimerWithTimeInterval:2.8 target:self selector:@selector(dimOverlay) userInfo:nil repeats:NO];
+    [dimTimer setFireDate:[NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:2.7]];
 }
 
+// nice transition for dimming
 -(void) dimOverlay {
     [UIView beginAnimations:@"overlay dim" context:NULL];
    	[UIView setAnimationDuration:0.6];
@@ -41,14 +55,16 @@
 	[UIView commitAnimations];
 }
 
+// set the overlay visible and put off the timer for enough time
 -(void) activateOverlay {
     self.view.alpha = 1;
+    [dimTimer setFireDate:[NSDate dateWithTimeIntervalSinceNow:1000]];
 }
 
 // issue certain action based on the tag of the button 
 -(IBAction) buttonPressed:(id) sender {
     [self activateOverlay];
-    
+
     UIButton *theButton = (UIButton*)sender;
     switch (theButton.tag) {
         case 0:
@@ -67,12 +83,13 @@
             HW_shoot();
             break;
         case 5:
-            HW_pause();
+            HW_jump();
             break;
         case 6:
-            HW_chat();
+            HW_backjump();
             break;
         default:
+            // HW_chat() HW_tab() HW_pause()
             break;
     }
 }