ENT:Touch Delay

[FelixCrimson]

I would like to have a delay for the following code, I have looked on other facepunch posts but their examples dont seem to be working.

util.AddNetworkString( "PosionCLP1" )
function ENT:Touch( ply )
 // i want it to have a 7 second delay before doing the following
	net.Start("PosionCLP1")
	net.Send(ply)
	local health = ply:Health()
	timer.Simple(5,function()
		ply:SetHealth(health - 20)
	end)
	timer.Simple(10,function()
		ply:SetHealth(health - 20)
	end)
	timer.Simple(15,function()
		ply:SetHealth(health - 20)
	end)
	timer.Simple(20,function()
		ply:SetHealth(health - 40)
	end)
end

anyway to do that?

[Jordanlol]

Do you want to delay the whole code?

Or delay the next touch on the player?

Or delay the next touch on everything it touches?

[FelixCrimson]

delay the whole code

[editline]23rd March 2016[/editline]

for example; you have to hold the entity on the player for 7 seconds before it performs the rest of the code

[FelixCrimson]

bump

[NiandraLades]

So Touch() is ran every frame the player is within range, meaning those timers are gonna be called repeatedly

Use this instead:
[url]https://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/ENTITY/StartTouch[/url]

[FelixCrimson]

Ok I have the following code

util.AddNetworkString( "PosionCLP1" )
function ENT:StartTouch( ply )
timer.Simple(5, function()
	self:Remove()
	net.Start("PosionCLP1")
	net.Send(ply)
	local health = ply:Health()

	timer.Simple(5,function()
			ply:SetHealth(health - 100)
	 if ply:Health() <= 0 then
			ply:Kill()
			ply:EmitSound( Sound( "vo/npc/Barney/ba_pain03.wav" ), ply:GetPos(), 1, CHAN_AUTO, 1, 75, 0, 100 )
		end
	end)
end)

how do I make ENT:EndTouch stop all those timers

[Maravis]

[QUOTE=FelixCrimson;49988815]Ok I have the following code

how do I make ENT:EndTouch stop all those timers[/QUOTE]

You're going to need the functions timer.Create and timer.Remove. Timers created with timer.Simple cannot be stopped.

[bigdogmat]

[QUOTE=Maravis;49988836]You're going to need the functions timer.Create and timer.Remove. Timers created with timer.Simple cannot be stopped.[/QUOTE]

Could use timer.Create but could also apply a variable to a player on EndTouch and check aganist it at the start of each timer.