Pausing a script.

[Fuzzyhed]

In another framework I have worked with, there was a function called wait(), what it did was pause the script for that amount of time, thus allowing legitimate amounts of time before one part of a script proceeds, my question is, how do I do that in Gmod lua?

[MayorBee]

From my experience there's not such a function in LUA. I would suggest taking a look at [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Timer]Timers[/url] or [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Gamemode_Hooks]Hooks[/url].

[Gustavgr16]

[QUOTE=MayorBee;32988202]From my experience there's not such a function in LUA. I would suggest taking a look at [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Timer]Timers[/url] or [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Gamemode_Hooks]Hooks[/url].[/QUOTE]

Gamemode Hooks? what he needs is a timer.

[MayorBee]

[QUOTE=Gustavgr16;32989823]Gamemode Hooks? what he needs is a timer.[/QUOTE]
I was just thinking when i was starting i wanted something like this, just to find out later hooks were better suited for it.

[E X C L]

Timer's don't pause scripts.
This isn't implanted into GLua, I'm almost sure that it's impossible to pause scripts with pure lua.

[Fuzzyhed]

Actually if a for loop iteration takes one tick, and you had a ticks to second algorithm you could just do
function Wait(num)
for i = 1, secondstoticks(num) do
end
end

But I don't know the limits of gmod lua.

[E X C L]

That's not pausing it. that's just holding it up.

[Wizard of Ass]

[QUOTE=_NewBee;32994835]Timer's don't pause scripts.
This isn't implanted into GLua, I'm almost sure that it's impossible to pause scripts with pure lua.[/QUOTE]

With coroutines you can, but these are broken in gmod anyway.

[E X C L]

[QUOTE=Wizard of Ass;32997441]but these are broken in gmod anyway.[/QUOTE] I know.

[Stonna]

[QUOTE=_NewBee;32995990]That's not pausing it. that's just holding it up.[/QUOTE]

whats the difference?

[E X C L]

[QUOTE=Stonna;32997930]whats the difference?[/QUOTE] The effect is the same. it's just not actually pausing because it's still busy at that time.

[Fuzzyhed]

[QUOTE=_NewBee;33004678]The effect is the same. it's just not actually pausing because it's still busy at that time.[/QUOTE]

Cause it's running on a different thread, right?

[Stonna]

Lua isn't threaded, so no, It's just busy doing a different operation, once it's done it will continue.

[editline]28th October 2011[/editline]

Also, by your logic if it was running in a different thread then it would do both simultaneously.

[zzaacckk]

[QUOTE=Stonna;33014321]Lua isn't threaded, so no, It's just busy doing a different operation, once it's done it will continue.[/QUOTE]

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