Sandbox: Lua: Timer - ov-studio/Vital.sandbox GitHub Wiki

» Overview

Timers are essential for executing specific handlers at regular intervals. The default MTA timers have limitations, particularly when passing arguments like tables, as they don't pass arguments by reference.

» APIs

• timer:getType() - shared

  ✨ Retrieve's instance's type.

  local string: type = self:getType()
  

• timer:create() - shared

  ✨ Creates a new timer.

  local timer: cTimer = timer:create(
     function: exec,
     int: interval,
     int: executions,
     ~: ...arguments
  )
  

• timer:destroy() - shared

  ✨ Destroys an existing timer.

  local bool: result = self:destroy()