[Dokins]

The title says all, i'm still not entirely sure of the usage of them, can someone show and explain please?
preferably something linked to hospitals as its easier to understand.

[vassilis]

well the timers can be used by lot ways..we can use them for a textdraw or to use a fuction to load objects(for a dm or stunts server) or you can use for map change or to restart a server at a specific time..etc
Timer actuallly are a way to do something which will start/end something in the specific time you want to script

pawn Код:

SetTimer("fuction",miliseconds,1 or0);
SetTimer-the fuction
"fuction"-write the fuction which wou will use the timer
miliseconds - write the specific time you want the time to do the thing you want
1 - to do it repeatively
0 - do it only once

I Hope i helped

[Dokins]

Could you show me an example, even a simple one? That's actually made a difference but I want to make sure!

[SlashQ]

Timers are used to call a custom callback after the inputted amount of milliseconds.

For example:

pawn Код:

main()
{
    print("Incoming message in 5 seconds!");
    SetTimer("OurFunction", 5000, false);
}

forward OurFunction();
public OurFunction()
{
    print("I told you!");
    return 1;
}

After "OurFunction", you might notice the 5000. Those are milliseconds.

One second is equivalent to 1000 milliseconds.
Twenty-two seconds is equivalent to 22000 milliseconds.

Basically, it's seconds x 1000.

Function: SetTimer(funcname[], ms, bool:repeat);

funcname[] - Name of the function (must be a public defined in the script)

ms - Milliseconds funcname will be called in (example: 2000 for 2 seconds)

bool:repeat - Can be boolean (false/true) or integer (0/1). If set to true or 1, the timer will repeat every time for the amount of ms entered.

However, if you wish to create a timer that will repeat 5 times then stop, try this:

pawn Код:

new spamtimer;
new times;

main()
{
    print("Incoming spam!");
    spamtimer = SetTimer("Spam", 1000, true);
}

forward Spam();
public Spam()
{
    times++;
    if(times >= 5) return KillTimer(spamtimer);
    return print("SPAM");
}

There is a function too, called SetTimerEx, that will call a function & it's parameters after the amount of ms entered (similar to SetTimer).

More can be read here:

SetTimer
SetTimerEx

[Dokins]

Thanks very much, that helped so much!

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