help me with timer function

[jah]

Well i have problems with timers in last time when i made function it works when i add timer it doesn't work

function minutes()

local thePlayer = getPlayerAccount ( source )

setAccountData(thePlayer,"Minutes",tonumber(getAccountData(thePlayer,"Minutes"))+1)

end

setTimer ( minutes, 60000, 0 )

doesnt work then i tried

addEventHandler ( "onResourceStart" , resourceRoot ,

function ( )

local timer = setTimer ( minutes , 6000 , 0 , player )

end

)

function minutes()

local thePlayer = getPlayerAccount ( source )

setAccountData(thePlayer,"Minutes",tonumber(getAccountData(thePlayer,"Minutes"))+1)

end

error is

lua:65: attempt to perform arithmetic on a nil value

65: setAccountData(thePlayer,"Minutes",tonumber(getAccountData(thePlayer,"Minutes"))+1)

[Bean666]

remove all of that and add this, this timer already starts when resource starts, i suggest using elementdatas tho...:

try this:

function minutes() 
local thePlayer = getPlayerAccount ( source ) 
local Minutes = getAccountData(thePlayer,"Minutes") 
if Minutes then 
setAccountData(thePlayer,"Minutes",tonumber(getAccountData(thePlayer,"Minutes"))+1) 
end 
end 
setTimer ( minutes, 60000, 0 ) 

element data:

i might have missing / non-needed ends here, you edit it if wrong.

function minutes() 
for i, thePlayer in ipairs(getElementsByType("player")) do 
local Minutes = getElementData(thePlayer,"Minutes") 
if Minutes then 
setElementData(thePlayer,"Minutes",tonumber(getElementData(thePlayer,"Minutes"))+1) 
end 
end 
setTimer ( minutes, 60000, 0 ) 

[jah]

remove all of that and add this, this timer already starts when resource starts, i suggest using elementdatas tho...:

try this:

function minutes() 
local thePlayer = getPlayerAccount ( source ) 
local Minutes = getAccountData(thePlayer,"Minutes") 
if Minutes then 
setAccountData(thePlayer,"Minutes",tonumber(getAccountData(thePlayer,"Minutes"))+1) 
end 
end 
setTimer ( minutes, 60000, 0 ) 

element data:

i might have missing / non-needed ends here, you edit it if wrong.

function minutes() 
for i, thePlayer in ipairs(getElementsByType("player")) do 
local Minutes = getElementData(thePlayer,"Minutes") 
if Minutes then 
setElementData(thePlayer,"Minutes",tonumber(getElementData(thePlayer,"Minutes"))+1) 
end 
end 
setTimer ( minutes, 60000, 0 ) 

both doesn't work for the first one i have error

[2016-07-10 12:51:44] WARNING:.lua:53: Bad argument @ 'getPlayerAccount' [Expected element at argument 1, got nil]

[2016-07-10 12:51:44] WARNING:.lua:54: Bad argument @ 'getAccountData' [Expected account at argument 1, got boolean]

secound one just dont work and yes needed 1 more end

before i had no problems with scripting at all but now i can't even do simple scripts like +1 Minute i dont get it why

it is not working... and in all scripts i have made in last time where i had to use timer nothing worked... it is some new update or i am getting old?

[Bean666]

remove the onResourceStart, etc ,etc and just replace it with this.

function minutes() 
local thePlayer = getPlayerAccount ( source ) 
local Minutes = getAccountData(thePlayer,"Minutes") 
if Minutes then 
setAccountData(thePlayer,"Minutes",tonumber(Minutes)+1) 
end 
end 
setTimer ( minutes, 60000, 0 ) 

[jah]

remove the onResourceStart, etc ,etc and just replace it with this.

function minutes() 
local thePlayer = getPlayerAccount ( source ) 
local Minutes = getAccountData(thePlayer,"Minutes") 
if Minutes then 
setAccountData(thePlayer,"Minutes",tonumber(Minutes)+1) 
end 
end 
setTimer ( minutes, 60000, 0 ) 

still it dont want to work same errors as before

[Walid]

@Shaman123 , source is not defined in your code more than that you can't use it with setTimer so you need get a table of all the players that exist and loop through it.

Example:

function minutes() 
    for i, thePlayer in ipairs(getElementsByType("player")) do 
        local account = getPlayerAccount(thePlayer) 
        if account and not isGuestAccount(account) then  
            local Minutes = getAccountData(account,"Minutes") 
            if Minutes then 
                setAccountData(account,"Minutes",tonumber(Minutes)+1) 
            end  
        end 
    end 
end  
setTimer ( minutes, 60000, 0 ) 

[jah]

@Shaman123 , source is not defined in your code more than that you can't use it with setTimer so you need get a table of all the players that exist and loop through it.

Example:

function minutes() 
    for i, thePlayer in ipairs(getElementsByType("player")) do 
        local account = getPlayerAccount(thePlayer) 
        if account and not isGuestAccount(account) then  
            local Minutes = getAccountData(account,"Minutes") 
            if Minutes then 
                setAccountData(account,"Minutes",tonumber(Minutes)+1) 
            end  
        end 
    end 
end  
setTimer ( minutes, 60000, 0 ) 

Thanks Walid!

Thank you Shaman123 for trying to help me!

[Walid]

Thanks Walid!

You are welcome