Using Timers - Callback Function? [Solved]

Happy New Year guys!

I've been trying to get some timers working within a couple Behavior.cs files and not having much luck. I was hoping someone may be able to light the way and tell me what I'm doing wrong here.

PlayerControlsBehavior
In one case, I am dealing with player controls. In my PlayerControlsBehavior.cs I have a function called updateMovementX(). This just updates the LinearVelocityX of the character. Now, the problem I was trying to solve was that every time the character moved right, bumped a wall, and then jumped he wouldn't continue going right and clear the wall. So what I did was I just set a timer in another function, updateMovementY(), like so:

function PlayerControlsBehavior::updateMovementY(%this)
{
	%this.owner.setLinearVelocityY((%this.jump) * %this.jumpSpeed);
	$PlayerGrounded = false;
	
	if($PlayerGrounded == false)
	{
		if(World.PlayerMoving == true)
		{
			%this.owner.startTimer("updateMovementX", 250, 4);
		}
	}

}

This is basically firing off the updateMovementX() function 4 times within a second after the character jumps, granted that the character is moving. This actually worked, and my character is now able to clear jumps even if he bumps the wall first while holding a direction key. But there is one small problem. My console keeps yelling at me:

SimObject::startTimer() - The callback function of 'updateMovementX' does not exist.

I'm not sure what I am or am not doing correctly since I am getting the results I wanted and the timer seems to be working.

• Why is the console yelling at me?
• Is there a difference between a 'regular' function and a 'callback' function?
• If so, how do I ensure that the function I am trying to call on with my Timer will be recognized as a 'callback' function?

WanderBehavior
The other case deals with an NPC's movement behavior. In my WanderBehavior.cs I have 2 functions called moveLeft() and moveRight(). Then I have a 3rd function called randomMovement() that just randomly decides if the character should start up moveLeft() or moveRight(). Alright, so what's the problem? Well I am trying to have the NPC start a timer when it collides with the terrain that will call the function randomMovement() every so often. So my onCollision looks like this:

function WanderBehavior::onCollision(%this, %object, %collisionDetails)
{
	if(%object.class $= "BiomeClass")
	{
		%this.owner.npcGrounded = true;
		//echo("Wanderer on ground.");
		
		%this.owner.startTimer(%this.randomMovement(), 5000);		
	}	
}

In this case, it's even worse because I get the error about the callback function not existing and it doesn't work. If I change the timer to:

%this.owner.call(%this.randomMovement());

it will work but of course the NPC will never call randomMovement again. So basically he'll take off in one direction randomly and that's it; I want him to take off in one direction, and then (using a timer) know to stop and consider what direction he's going and act accordingly from time to time. It also should be noted here that if the NPC is starting this timer onCollision with the terrain, a timer might not be the best option here since he'll be colliding with the terrain pretty much constantly. Suggestions?

Any advice or direction here would be welcomed, I've exhausted all the options to solve this I've come up with. I've looked into behavior outputs and inputs, and vaguely understand that concept although I am not sure if that would apply here or not. Anyhow I hope someone might be able to clear this all up for me! Cheers and Happy New Year forum-goers!