Timers

[SkrillexX]

How to check if a Timer i've set earlier is over ( the time is over ) or not , Like for example , i've set a Timer with 5 minutes , how to check if those 5 minutes are over or not

[Chronos]

You can use

getTimerDetails 

[SkrillexX]

Let's say that i've precised earlier this :

setTimer ( randomFunction ,6000000 ,0 ) 

600000 = 5 minutes

How to check if they're over using

getTimerDetails 

[Chronos]

Check this example from wiki,It might be usefull for you

theTimer = setTimer(function() end, 1000, 10) -- A timer that does nothing. 
  
function timerDetails() 
    remaining, executesRemaining, totalExecutes = getTimerDetails(theTimer) -- Get the timers details 
    if (remaining and executesRemaining and totalExecutes) then 
        outputChatBox("Time remaining this second: "..remaining.." Executes remaining: "..executesRemaining.." Total executes: "..totalExecutes) 
    else 
        outputChatBox("Timer no longer exists") 
    end 
end 
addCommandHandler("timerdetails", timerDetails) 

[SkrillexX]

I've already seen it but it wasn't that useful as i didn't really understand it (I'm a beginner )

[DNL291]

If you want to know the time left to execute the function, use:

local remaining = getTimerDetails(theTimer) 

But if you want to know if the time stopped running, just use the attached function with setTimer (when it's called, means that the time stopped running).

[Spajk]

Could you tell me a bit more on where you are planning to use this, there might be a chance that it could be done without timers using tick count which would improve effectiveness.

[Citizen]

Let's say that i've precised earlier this :

setTimer ( randomFunction ,6000000 ,0 ) 

600000 = 5 minutes

How to check if they're over using

getTimerDetails 

You need to use a variable to store it like the wiki did.

And then use that variable as 1srgument of getTimerDetails.

Don't use infinite timer if you want to know if the 5 mins are passed (oh and 5 mins = 5 * 60 secs = 300 * 1000 ms = 300000 ms)

in the case of a non infinite timer, getTimerDetails will return false when the timer is done (passed 5 mins).