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[SOLVED] How do i make a timer in lua? - denwo - 10-19-2016
Hi everyone,i learned the cuberite api and lua but i still don't know how to make a timer?
for example i have a timer set to 1 sec to spawn mob every 1 sec and / or create a timer that executes every 5 seconds for 5 times and then it stops the timer.
RE: How do i make a timer in lua? - NiLSPACE - 10-19-2016
Use cWorld:ScheduleTask for that.
Something like this:
-- One second is 20 ticks local callback; callback = function(a_World) -- Spawn a mob -- Reschedule the callback again. a_World:ScheduleTask(20, callback) end world:ScheduleTask(20, callback)
RE: How do i make a timer in lua? - denwo - 10-29-2016
Where should i put this? in Initialize?
also how would i get the current world?
RE: How do i make a timer in lua? - xoft - 10-29-2016
You should put it wherever you want the task to be started - if it is by a reaction to a player command, then the player command handler is the right place. If it should be done, say, if a player is killed, then the HOOK_KILLED is the right place.
As for the current world, "current for whom?" Each player has a world assigned to them, accessible via cPlayer:GetWorld(). Similarly, entities have a cEntity:GetWorld().
RE: How do i make a timer in lua? - denwo - 10-29-2016
(10-29-2016, 04:05 AM)xoft Wrote: You should put it wherever you want the task to be started - if it is by a reaction to a player command, then the player command handler is the right place. If it should be done, say, if a player is killed, then the HOOK_KILLED is the right place.
As for the current world, "current for whom?" Each player has a world assigned to them, accessible via cPlayer:GetWorld(). Similarly, entities have a cEntity:GetWorld().
There is no task waiting to be started, i want it to be real time
I will tell you what i need to do, i want to spawn a minecart every second if i use WorldTicks
it will spawn a minecart 20 times a second and i don't want that
As for the current world i want to get a specific player for example player name = "Steve"
it will get his world then spawn a minecart in steve's world every second
also how can i get a class for example i would do
Note: This code is obliviously wrong because function GetClass doesn't exist
Code:
--Gets the player
player1 = GetClass(player)
if( player1:GetName() == 'Steve' ) then
--Defines item as redstone
Redstone = cItem(E_ITEM_REDSTONE)
Redstoneitem = cItems:Add(Redstone)
--Get the player's current world
world = player1:GetWorld()
--Spawn the item
world:SpawnItemPickups(Redstoneitem,0,0,0,3000,0)
endRE: How do i make a timer in lua? - PureTryOut - 10-29-2016
(10-29-2016, 05:42 AM)denwo Wrote: also how can i get a class for example i would do
This would solve my problem.
You mean you want the player object? Often the arguments for a callback will provide those. If not, you can get it from cRoot()
Code:
cRoot:Get():ForEachPlayer(function(cPlayer)
if (cPlayer:GetName() == "Steve") then
....
end
end)