CreateCountTimer

Description

Creates a countdown timer.

Syntax

CreateCountTimer(LuaFunction, Interval, Count [, UserArgs])

Parameters

• LuaFunction
  The function to execute.
• Interval
  Interval to execute the function.
• Count
  How often to execute this timer. Use CreateTimer for a non-stop version.
• UserArgs (optional)
  Arguments to pass to the function.

Return Value

• Returns the identifier to this timer. Use DestroyTimer to stop it.

Example

function cmd_vcolorfun(player)
	local vehicle = GetPlayerVehicle(player)

	if (vehicle == 0) then
		return AddPlayerChat(player, "You must be in a vehicle")
	end

	if (GetPlayerVehicleSeat(player) ~= 1) then
		return AddPlayerChat(player, "You must be the driver of the vehicle")
	end

      --Change color every 200ms of the players vehicle
	CreateCountTimer(function(vehicle)
		if not IsValidVehicle(vehicle) then
			return
		end
		local r = Random(100, 255)
		local g = Random(100, 255)
		local b = Random(100, 255)
		SetVehicleColor(vehicle, RGB(r, g, b))
	end, 200, 16, vehicle)
end
AddCommand("vcolorfun", cmd_vcolorfun)

See also

• GetTimerCount
• GetAllTimers
• IsValidTimer
• CreateTimer
• CreateCountTimer
• DestroyTimer
• PauseTimer
• UnpauseTimer
• GetTimerRemainingTime