question How to make an countdown timer?

[Spc]

Sorry for my English.

I wonder how to do an countdown timer? Eg from 2 minutes.

Thanks in advance.

[Slim]

Here's a server sided example:

function ShowCountdown ()
local accountname = getAccountName ( getPlayerAccount ( player ) ) --Grabs the users account name
if isObjectInACLGroup ( "user." .. accountname, aclGetGroup ( "SuperModerator" ) ) then --Checks if the user account name's in the ACL group (SuperModerator).
	--You could put something here for when the timer starts.


--Start of timer script
setTimer (
function ( )
	--You could put something here for when the timer ends.
end
,10000, 1 --Timer runs for 1 minute, that's 60000 milliseconds.
)
--End of timer script


else --Checks for the opposit return of (if) events (AKA the account wasn't in the ACL group we checked for (SuperModerator).
	outputChatBox ( "You're not a smod, piss off!", player, 255, 12, 15 ) --If the account name's not in the ACL group we checked for, tell them to piss off!
end
end
addCommandHandler ( "startcountdown", ShowCountdown ) --Attaches a command of your choice to the function above (ShowCountdown).

REMEMBER, the (if) event above that checks accounts for ACL groups, can only be used server sided.
Here's if you're using client sided:

function ShowCountdown ()
	--You could put something here for when the timer starts.
setTimer (
function ( )
	--You could put something here for when the timer ends.
end
,60000, 1 --Timer runs for 1 minute, that's 60000 milliseconds.
)
end
addCommandHandler ( "startcountdown", ShowCountdown ) --Attaches a command of your choice to the function above (ShowCountdown).

If you're not sure if your LUA file is server sided or client sided, go to the (meta.xml) file the folder of the LUA script, open it, and check if it says
type="server" />
or
type="client" />

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Edited July 3, 2017 by Justin|X5|
Added how many milliseconds = 1 minute