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Johno 15

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Posted: 21st Aug 2016 13:32

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Hey all, Decided to try my hand at lua an try to write my first script. The idea of the script is simple enough. The player walks up to a door and if he has all 6 required parts a prompt appears saying press E to extend base. Upon pressing E a timer should start to count 10 minutes with a local prompt at the door displaying how long is left. When the timer reaches 0 the timer should stop,the if used field should be activated and the door should be destroyed. I wrote the following script myself and it works so far as the timer part, the timer doesn't stop when it gets to 0 it just keeps counting down in - numbers.
Any help is appreciated.

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g_ pressed = 0
g_timeleft = 60000
g_ building = 0
local totaltime = 60000
g_gatheredparts = 6

function crafter_init(e)
end
 
function crafter_main(e)


PlayerDist = GetPlayerDistance(e)
 
 if PlayerDist < 200 then
 
 
 if g_building == 1 and g_timeleft > 0 then
 PromptLocal(e,"ECT: ".. g_timeleft.." milliseconds")
 end
 
 if  g_pressed == 0 and g_gatheredparts == 6 then
 Prompt("Press E to extend the Base")
 
 
 if g_KeyPressE == 1 then
  g_pressed = 1
 end
 
  if g_KeyPressE == 0 then
    g_pressed = 0
     end
 
   if g_pressed == 1 then
		PlaySound(e, 0)
		Prompt("Constuction work started")
		StartTimer(e)
		g_building = 1
		g_pressed = 3
		g_gatheredparts = 0 
	end
	end 
 	
end
	g_timeleft = totaltime-GetTimer(e)
	
	if g_timeleft == 0 then
	hide(e)
	ActivateIfUsed(e)
	PlaySound(e, 1)
	destroy(e)
	end
 

 end

Thanks in advance: John

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Posted: 21st Aug 2016 15:26 Edited at: 21st Aug 2016 15:28

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Have you tried setting the g_building = 1 back to 0 at the end of the script?

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if g_timeleft == 0 then
    hide(e)
    ActivateIfUsed(e)
    PlaySound(e, 1)
    g_building = 0
    destroy(e)
    end

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Posted: 21st Aug 2016 15:59

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Quote: "Have you tried setting the g_building = 1 back to 0 at the end of the script?

if g_timeleft == 0 then
    hide(e)
    ActivateIfUsed(e)
    PlaySound(e, 1)
    g_building = 0
    destroy(e)
    end
"

Did that and now it gets to 31 milliseconds. stops for about a second or two then the prompt disappears

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Posted: 21st Aug 2016 18:40

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Try this code -

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pressed = 0
timeleft = 60000
building = 0
local totaltime = 60000
gatheredparts = 6
started = 0
 
function crafter_init(e)
end
  
function crafter_main(e)
 
 
PlayerDist = GetPlayerDistance(e)
  
 if PlayerDist < 200 then
  
  
 if building == 1 and timeleft > 0 then
 PromptLocal(e,"ECT: "..math.floor(timeleft/1000).." seconds")
 end
  
 if  pressed == 0 and gatheredparts == 6 then
 Prompt("Press E to extend the Base")
  
  
 if g_KeyPressE == 1 then
  pressed = 1
 end
  
  if g_KeyPressE == 0 then
    pressed = 0
     end
  
   if pressed == 1 then
        PlaySound(e, 0)
        Prompt("Constuction work started")
        StartTimer(e)
		started = 1
        building = 1
        pressed = 3
        gatheredparts = 0 
    end
    end
     
end
    timeleft = totaltime-GetTimer(e)
  if started == 1 then   
    if timeleft < 0 then
	Hide(e)
    ActivateIfUsed(e)
    PlaySound(e, 1)
    Destroy(e)
    end
end  
 
 end

I added a variable that determines whether or not the timer has been started, changed 'if timeleft == 0' to 'if timeleft < 0' (frame rate issues can cause GetTimer(e) to skip numbers), and capitalized Hide(e) and Destroy(e). I changed 'PromptLocal(e,"ECT: ".. g_timeleft.." milliseconds")' to 'PromptLocal(e,"ECT: "..math.floor(timeleft/1000).." seconds")' , because it looks neater (but that's just my opinion, so you can ignore it). Lastly, I had to remove the g_ prefix from your variables, because they were giving me error messages (I don't know why, because they were obviously working with you), so you can change them back if you want.

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Posted: 22nd Aug 2016 01:32

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Thanks @Gtox, worked like a charm! I've a lot to learn yet with lua but happy enough for my first script

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