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MChapman

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Posted: 25th Mar 2016 23:40

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Is there any way of labeling timers maybe make a new function? The reason I'm asking is because instead of having just timer I could name the timer like
StartTimer(lootTimer, 1000)
StartTimer(timer name, timer time)
A little bit more control of the timers cause at the moment I'm not sure if they are counting down or up...

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Posted: 26th Mar 2016 00:09

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timers count up.
StartTimer(e) will reset it back to 0.
right now a timer is linked to an existing object (i.e. (e))
so 1 timer per object but you can use timers from objects that aren't using them as long as you dont accidently reset one being use in another script....

you may want to look into using g_Time though, it's a little more set up but allows you to use as many timers as you like
g_Time basically returns the current amount of milliseconds the game has been running for
i.e.

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if timer[1] == nil then 
timer[1] = g_Time + 1000
elseif g_Time > timer[1] then
timer[1] = g_Time + 1000
PromptDuration("1 second has passed",250)
end

lua guide for GG
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=398177770
windows 10
i5 @4ghz, 8gb ram, AMD R9 200 series , directx 11

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Posted: 26th Mar 2016 00:24 Edited at: 26th Mar 2016 02:00

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As always you come to my rescue.
I was making my own battery/flashlight script when I ran into the timer problem.

edit: Is there a way to end a timer? or reset it?

edit again:

I'm working on an internal clock of sorts. here is my code based of your example code.

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timer{}
function hunger_init(e)
hunger = 0
second = 0
minute = 0
hour = 0
end -- init
timer[1] = 0
function hunger_main(e)
----- The time set up -----
	if timer[1] == nil then
		timer[1] = g_Time + 1000
	elseif g_Time > timer[1] then
		timer[1] = g_Time + 1000
		PromptDuration("1 second has passed",250)
		second = second + 1
	end
	if second == 60 then
		minute = minute + 1
	end
	if minute == 60 then
		hour = hour + 1
	end
----- time setup end -----
	Text(10,10,1,"Time:"..hour":"..minute":"..second)
end -- main

I get this error
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x2ryl1k9kuov32r/lua_Error.png?dl=0

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Posted: 26th Mar 2016 13:05 Edited at: 26th Mar 2016 13:06

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for the error you just need to use an equals when defining arrays -> timer = {}

Quote: "Is there a way to end a timer? or reset it?"

not really but you shouldnt need to as all it really does it compare 2 values.
you just need to reset the seconds/minutes/hours, so your code looks like this

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timer = {}
function hunger_init(e)
hunger = 0
second = 0
minute = 0
hour = 0
end -- init
timer[1] = 0
function hunger_main(e)
----- The time set up -----
    if timer[1] == nil then
        timer[1] = g_Time + 1000
    elseif g_Time > timer[1] then
        timer[1] = g_Time + 1000
        PromptDuration("1 second has passed",250)
        second = second + 1
    end
    if second == 60 then
        minute = minute + 1
        second = 0
    end
    if minute == 60 then
        hour = hour + 1
        minute = 0
    end
    if hour == 24 then
        hour = 0
    end 
----- time setup end -----
    Text(10,10,1,"Time:"..hour":"..minute":"..second)
end -- main

lua guide for GG
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=398177770
windows 10
i5 @4ghz, 8gb ram, AMD R9 200 series , directx 11

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Posted: 26th Mar 2016 23:12

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Can we put things like this timer in the Global game loop script? and it work, cause it would make more since there it being a clock. If possible I would like a few of my other scripts to work off this time of this clock. Just a question but not important.

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Posted: 27th Mar 2016 10:40

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here's how I approach the timer limitation.... I simply made my own

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tbl_timer = {}
function GlobalTimerStart(Timer)
	tbl_timer[Timer]=g_Time
end
function GlobalTimerGet(Timer)
	return math.abs(tbl_timer[Timer]-g_Time)
end

tbl_etimer={}
function EntityTimerStart(e, Timer)
	tbl_etimer[Timer]={}
	tbl_etimer[Timer][e]=g_Time
end
function EntityTimerGet(e, Timer)
	return math.abs(tbl_etimer[Timer][e]-g_Time)
end

so with the above functions you can have multiple global timers and multiple entity timers, usage example below

-- example usage
function timer_test_init(e)
	-- start timers
	GlobalTimerStart(1)
	GlobalTimerStart(2)
	GlobalTimerStart(3)

EntityTimerStart(e,1)
	EntityTimerStart(e,2)
	EntityTimerStart(e,3)
end

function timer_test_main(e)

-- Global Timers
	-- reset every 5 seconds
	if GlobalTimerGet(1)>=5000 then
		GlobalTimerStart(1)
	end
	-- reset every 10 seconds
	if GlobalTimerGet(2)>=10000 then
		GlobalTimerStart(2)
	end
	-- reset every 15 seconds
	if GlobalTimerGet(3)>=15000 then
		GlobalTimerStart(3)
	end
	
	Text(1, 1, 1, "Global Timer 1: " .. tostring(GlobalTimerGet(1)))
	Text(1, 5, 1, "Global Timer 2: " .. tostring(GlobalTimerGet(2)))
	Text(1, 9, 1, "Global Timer 3: " .. tostring(GlobalTimerGet(3)))

-- Entity Timers
	-- reset every 5 seconds
	if EntityTimerGet(e, 1)>=5000 then
		EntityTimerStart(e, 1)
	end
	-- reset every 10 seconds
	if EntityTimerGet(e, 2)>=10000 then
		EntityTimerStart(e, 2)
	end
	-- reset every 15 seconds
	if EntityTimerGet(e, 3)>=15000 then
		EntityTimerStart(e, 3)
	end
	
	Text(1, 13, 1, "Entity Timer 1: " .. tostring(EntityTimerGet(e,1)))
	Text(1, 16, 1, "Entity Timer 2: " .. tostring(EntityTimerGet(e,2)))
	Text(1, 20, 1, "Entity Timer 3: " .. tostring(EntityTimerGet(e,3)))

end

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-- example usage
function timer_test_init(e)
	-- start timers
	GlobalTimerStart(1)
	GlobalTimerStart(2)
	GlobalTimerStart(3)

	EntityTimerStart(e,1)
	EntityTimerStart(e,2)
	EntityTimerStart(e,3)
end

function timer_test_main(e)

	-- Global Timers
	-- reset every 5 seconds
	if GlobalTimerGet(1)>=5000 then
		GlobalTimerStart(1)
	end
	-- reset every 10 seconds
	if GlobalTimerGet(2)>=10000 then
		GlobalTimerStart(2)
	end
	-- reset every 15 seconds
	if GlobalTimerGet(3)>=15000 then
		GlobalTimerStart(3)
	end
	
	Text(1, 1, 1, "Global Timer 1: " .. tostring(GlobalTimerGet(1)))
	Text(1, 5, 1, "Global Timer 2: " .. tostring(GlobalTimerGet(2)))
	Text(1, 9, 1, "Global Timer 3: " .. tostring(GlobalTimerGet(3)))

	
	-- Entity Timers
	-- reset every 5 seconds
	if EntityTimerGet(e, 1)>=5000 then
		EntityTimerStart(e, 1)
	end
	-- reset every 10 seconds
	if EntityTimerGet(e, 2)>=10000 then
		EntityTimerStart(e, 2)
	end
	-- reset every 15 seconds
	if EntityTimerGet(e, 3)>=15000 then
		EntityTimerStart(e, 3)
	end
	
	Text(1, 13, 1, "Entity Timer 1: " .. tostring(EntityTimerGet(e,1)))
	Text(1, 16, 1, "Entity Timer 2: " .. tostring(EntityTimerGet(e,2)))
	Text(1, 20, 1, "Entity Timer 3: " .. tostring(EntityTimerGet(e,3)))

end

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