[BUG] How to fix this bug in my nametag script?

[Tokio]

I added this: 

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				local players = getElementsByType ( "player" )
		for theKey,thePlayer in ipairs(players) do			local r, g, b = getPlayerNametagColor ( thePlayer )
			if thePlayer == getLocalPlayer() then
			else
		local DataUpText = getElementData(thePlayer,"char:upText")
		                    local imageSize = dxGetFontHeight ( textscale*NAMETAG_TEXTSIZE2, srfont )

								 if DataUpText == "" then

								 else
									dxDrawImage(sx - math.max(nameWidth/2) - imageSize - -18*scale, sy - imageSize - 26*scale, imageSize, imageSize,"keyboard.png")
								 end
							end
						end

                end
                break
            end
        end
    end
)

function RemoveHEXColorCode( s ) 
    return s:gsub( '#%x%x%x%x%x%x', '' ) or s 
end 

local lastTime = 0

function handleChanging()
	if getTickCount() - lastTime >= 30000 then
		if getElementData(getLocalPlayer(),"char:afk") == false then
			setElementData(getLocalPlayer(),"char:afk", true)
		end
	end
	if isChatBoxInputActive() then
		setElementData(getLocalPlayer(),"char:chatting", true)
		chatti = "#FFFFFF"
	else
		setElementData(getLocalPlayer(),"char:chatting", false)
		chatti = ""
	end
	upText = chatti..""..network
	setElementData(getLocalPlayer(),"char:upText", upText)
	setTimer( handleChanging, 500, 1) 
end
addEventHandler ( "onClientRender", root, handleChanging )

 

to the nametag script.. but with 1-2 player working fine, and with more players, always show the chaticon.. How to fix this?

[Mr.Loki]

This isn't the whole code... how can we work with this?

Also.. why do you have a timer inside of a render function?