countdown script

[jkub]

Can someone please give me a countdown script... like one for a race.

and the command to start it would be /count

like

5

4

3

2

1

GO!

[Gamesnert]

Can someone please give me a countdown script... like one for a race.

and the command to start it would be /count

like

5

4

3

2

1

GO!

count=5 
  
function countdown() 
    if count>0 then 
        outputChatBox(count .. "") 
        count=count-1 
        setTimer(count,1000,1) 
    else 
        outputChatBox("GOOO!!!") 
    end 
end 

(not tested)

[haybail]

You didn't add the commandHandler and you forgot to reset count

Might want to also make it so only one count can be running at a time, so it doesn't mess up the variable.

Nice script otherwise

[DakiLLa]

try this:

  
function countdownRec(count) 
      if (count > 0) then 
          outputChatBox(tostring(count), getRootElement(), 255, 255, 255) 
          setTimer(countdownRec, 1000, 1, count-1) 
      else 
          outputChatBox("Go Go Go!!!", getRootElement(), 255, 255, 255) 
      end 
end 
  
function countdown() 
      countdownRec(5) 
end 
addCommandHandler("count", countdown) 
  

[Ace_Gambit]

Or you can try this if you like a cool text display . This also makes sure you can't initiate a count down when one is still running.

  
local root = getRootElement() 
local count = 0 
local billboard = false 
local numbers = false 
local timer = false 
  
function isTimer(theTimer) 
  for _, pTimer in ipairs(getTimers(2500)) do 
    if (pTimer == theTimer) then 
      return true 
    end 
  end 
  return false 
end 
  
function countClean() 
  for _, player in ipairs(getElementsByType("player", root)) do 
    textDisplayRemoveObserver(billboard, player) 
  end 
  textDestroyTextItem(numbers) 
  textDestroyDisplay(billboard) 
  billboard, numbers = false, false 
  count = 0 
end 
  
function playSoundForAll(sound) 
  for _, player in ipairs(getElementsByType("player", root)) do 
    playSoundFrontEnd(player, sound) 
  end 
end 
  
function countStart() 
  if (count == 5) then 
    billboard = textCreateDisplay() 
    numbers = textCreateTextItem("", 0.5, 0.5) 
    if (billboard and numbers) then 
      textItemSetScale(numbers, 2.5) 
      textItemSetPriority(numbers, "high") 
      textDisplayAddText(billboard, numbers) 
      for _, player in ipairs(getElementsByType("player", root)) do 
        textDisplayAddObserver(billboard, player) 
      end 
    end 
  end 
  if (billboard and numbers) then 
    if (count == 0) then 
      count = -1 
      textItemSetText(numbers, "GO!") 
      playSoundForAll(45) 
      timer = setTimer(countClean, 2500, 1) 
    end 
    if (count > 0) then 
      textItemSetText(numbers, tostring(count)) 
      playSoundForAll(43) 
      count = count - 1 
      timer = setTimer(countStart, 1000, 1) 
    end 
  end 
end 
  
function checkState(playerSource, commandName) 
  if (string.lower(commandName) == "/count" and count == 0 and not isTimer(timer)) then 
    if (playerSource) then 
      outputChatBox("* Countdown initiated by " .. getClientName(playerSource)) 
    end 
    count = 5 
    countStart() 
  end 
end 
  
addCommandHandler("/count", checkState, false) 
  

[jkub]

Hey ace i tried your script and i couldent get it to work. Ive looked at some stuff myself even though I dont much myself but thank you so much guys. Ive been lookin for this a while :

[Ace_Gambit]

That is strange because I did test it and it worked. Don't forget it's server side code.

[jkub]

k im gonna try it agin..

hope it works

[jkub]

nope dosent work?>>?

[Ace_Gambit]

Maybe it's conflicting with another resource. I dunno lol. Really that should work. I double checked...no, I even triple checked.

Edited August 27, 2008 by Guest

[jkub]

k ill look some more...

Ive looked at the wiki for hours and still dont get anything. Ive even tryed doing everything step by step but I was successful at nothing. the wiki is confusing>>//??

[haybail]

Which part did you get to where it doesn't work?

Maybe ace can put it in a zip so you can just put it in the right folder and do /start run.

[jkub]

when I typed in the command it wouldent do anything? im gonna check the command handler

[Gamesnert]

when I typed in the command it wouldent do anything? im gonna check the command handler

If you did it in another file, be sure you added that to the meta.xml.

[Guest]

  } 
  elseif (!count* iswm $3) {  
    mta.text $1 Countdown: 3...  
    .timer 1 2 mta.text $1 Countdown: 2...  
    .timer 1 4 mta.text $1 Countdown: 1...  
    .timer 1 6 mta.text $1 Countdown: Go Go Go!!!  

i have this and it works on my server hope it helps

[50p]

  } 
  elseif (!count* iswm $3) {  
    mta.text $1 Countdown: 3...  
    .timer 1 2 mta.text $1 Countdown: 2...  
    .timer 1 4 mta.text $1 Countdown: 1...  
    .timer 1 6 mta.text $1 Countdown: Go Go Go!!!  

i have this and it works on my server hope it helps

It looks like IRC script... this section of forum deals with Lua.