[Release] Countdown function

[FIY9AL]

I have created countdown functions based on this thread: 

and also this thread:

my countdown function are useful and you can use it evreywhere

Example 1:

Here i make 'nil' values

displayCountDown(nil, nil, 5, "%02s : %02s : %02s")

to create a dx draw text like this:

the first argument is to till hours, second is minutes, third is seconds, fourth is to create format

and if you set some arguments to 'nil' it will be zeros

Standard:

displayCountDown(hh, mm, ss, format)

Lets see more examples:

Example 2:

displayCountDown(24, 50, 30, "%02s : %02s : %02s")

Example 3:

displayCountDown(24, nil, 30, "%02s : %02s : %02s")

Example 4:

Here i have changed to format to [hh : mm]

displayCountDown(24, nil, 30, "%02s : %02s")

Example 5:

Here i hve changed the format digits to [1] per item

displayCountDown(1, 1, 9, "%01s : %01s : %01s")

 

And this is the function code, you can export it or put it in your own code

function displayCountDown(hh, mm, ss, format)
    local function convertSecondsToMinutes(ms)
        local hours = math.floor (ms/3600000) -- convert ms to hours
        local mins = math.floor (ms/60000) -- convert ms to mins
        local secs = math.floor ((ms/1000) % 60) -- convert ms to secs
        return string.format ( format, hours, ( mins - hours * 60 ), secs )  -- print hh:mm:ss format
        -- "%02s : %02s : %02s" is the default format
    end 
    local function countdownFin() 
        -- to do after countdown finished
    end 
    direction = 0
    if (hh ~= nil) then
        if (hh <= 23) and ((hh >= 0)) then
            hh = hh * 3600000
            direction = direction + hh
        else
            outputChatBox("[ERROR] Hours must be between 0 and 24",255,0,0)
            direction = nil
        end
    end
    if (direction ~= nil) then
        if (mm ~= nil) then
            if (mm <= 59) and ((mm >= 0)) then
                mm = mm * 60000
                direction = direction + mm
            else
                outputChatBox("[ERROR] Minutes must be between 0 and 60",255,0,0)
                direction = nil
            end
        end
    end
    if (direction ~= nil) then
        if (ss ~= nil) then
            if (ss <= 60) and ((ss >= 0)) then
                ss = ss * 1000
                direction = direction + ss
            else
                outputChatBox("[ERROR] Seconds must be between 0 and 60",255,0,0)
                direction = nil
            end
        end
    end
    if (direction ~= nil) then
        countDownTimes = (direction / 1000) -- Convert direction into seconds to prevent debug warnings by setTimer function
        countdown = setTimer(countdownFin, direction+1000, 1)
    end
    local function drawText(text)
        local function drawTextZG()
            dxDrawText(text, 500, 500) -- dx draw on screen
        end
        addEventHandler ( "onClientPreRender", root, drawTextZG) -- draw evrey screen render
        setTimer(
            function()
                removeEventHandler ( "onClientPreRender", root, drawTextZG) -- remove text after each second
            end
        , 1000, 1) -- do this function evrey second once
    end
    if (direction ~= nil) then
        setTimer( 
            function() 
                drawText(convertSecondsToMinutes(getTimerDetails(countdown))) -- sends hh:mm:ss foramt to dx draw function
            end
        , 1000, countDownTimes-1)
    end
end
displayCountDown(23, 59, 60, "%02s : %02s : %02s")

 

You can be creative with it

you can use very diffrent formats like hh : mm : ss, hh, hh:mm, anything

you can make it countdown any number you want

you can upgrade it to be getting value from gui window

you can change the draw text color, font,... to match your needs

 

i hope this function helpful for evreyone

i  want to see your works done with this function

 

Thank you for your time reading my thread.

 

[IIYAMA]

@FIY9AL

 

You could also add:

function displayCountDown(hh, mm, ss, format, countdownFin)

 

 

if countdownFin then
	countdown = setTimer(countdownFin, direction+1000, 1)
end

 

Else there the callback function is very static.