GMOD lessons code

[FilipeC]

Hi, guys! I hope you can help me :v:

I'm new to Lua and I'm making a script for a sort of SchoolRP.
I was able to put the lessons on a box and they change every 6 minutes, but now I have some problems that I don't know what should I do about it:

- I want it to keep repeating forever, but I can't make a while loop or otherwise it will crash my game;
- I want every player to see the same class on the screen, at the same time. Everytime you join the game it starts from the beginning. Is this because I've put the script file on the autorun folder? Should I put it in the /autorun/server folder?

Here's the code if you want to see what I did:

AddCSLuaFile( "classes.lua" );

surface.CreateFont( "mystyle", { 
font = "Arial",
	extended = false,
	size = 20,
	weight = 500,
	blursize = 0,
	scanlines = 0,
	antialias = true,
	underline = false,
	italic = false,
	strikeout = false,
	symbol = false,
	rotary = false,
	shadow = false,
	additive = false,
	outline = false,
}	);

function classesBox() -- Box thing function
	draw.RoundedBox(3, 5, 250, 350, 60, Color(0,0,0,200));
	
	if FreeTime then
		draw.SimpleText( "Free Time", "mystyle", 24, 270, color_white )
	end
	if Wizardry then
		draw.SimpleText ( "Class 1 - Wizardry", "mystyle", 24, 270, color_white );
	end
	if DADF then
		draw.SimpleText ( "Class 3 - Defense Against the Dark Forces", "mystyle", 24, 270, color_white );
	end
	if Challenge then
		draw.SimpleText ( "Challenge and Battle Room", "mystyle", 24, 270, color_white );
	end
	if Astronomy then
		draw.SimpleText ( "Astronomy", "mystyle", 24, 270, color_white );
	end
	if Alchemy then
		draw.SimpleText ( "Class 2 - Alchemy Class", "mystyle", 24, 270, color_white );
	end
	if Lockdown then
		draw.SimpleText ( "LOCKDOWN", "mystyle", 24, 270, Color( 255, 0, 0, 255) );
	end
	if QuidditchTraining then
		draw.SimpleText ( "Quidditch Training", "mystyle", 24, 270, color_white );
	end
	if Occlumency then
		draw.SimpleText ( "Class 1 - Study Of Occlumency", "mystyle", 24, 270, color_white );
	end
	if Metamorphosis then
		draw.SimpleText ( "Class 3 - Metamorphosis Class", "mystyle", 24, 270, color_white );
	end
	if Cafeteria then
		draw.SimpleText ( "Grand Hall - Cafeteria Time", "mystyle", 24, 270, color_white );
	end
	if QuidditchCompetition then
		draw.SimpleText ("Quidditch Competition", "mystyle", 24, 270, color_white );
	end
	if Muggles then
		draw.SimpleText ("Class 5 - Study of Muggles", "mystyle", 24, 270, color_white );
	end
	if Potions then
		draw.SimpleText ("Class 5 - Potions Class", "mystyle", 24, 270, color_white );
	end
	if Botany then
		draw.SimpleText ("Study of Botany", "mystyle", 24, 270, color_white );
	end
	if History then
		draw.SimpleText ("Class 4 - History Class", "mystyle", 24, 270, color_white );
	end

end 


FreeTime=true
timer.Simple( 360, function() FreeTime = false end );
timer.Simple( 360, function() Wizardry = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 2, function() Wizardry = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 2, function() DADF = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 3, function() DADF = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 3, function() Challenge = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 4, function() Challenge = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 4, function() FreeTime = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 5, function() FreeTime = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 5, function() DADF = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 6, function() DADF = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 6, function() Astronomy = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 7, function() Astronomy = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 7, function() FreeTime = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 8, function() FreeTime = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 8, function() Challenge = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 9, function() Challenge = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 9, function() Alchemy = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 10, function() Alchemy = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 10, function() Lockdown = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 11, function() Lockdown = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 11, function() QuidditchTraining = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 12, function() QuidditchTraining = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 12, function() Occlumency = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 13, function() Occlumency = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 13, function() Metamorphosis = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 14, function() Metamorphosis = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 14, function() Cafeteria = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 15, function() Cafeteria = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 15, function() Wizardry = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 16, function() Wizardry = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 16, function() FreeTime = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 17, function() FreeTime = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 17, function() QuidditchCompetition = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 18, function() QuidditchCompetition = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 18, function() Muggles = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 19, function() Muggles = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 19, function() FreeTime = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 20, function() FreeTime = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 20, function() Challenge = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 21, function() Challenge = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 21, function() DADF = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 22, function() DADF = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 22, function() FreeTime = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 23, function() FreeTime = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 23, function() Alchemy = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 24, function() Alchemy = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 24, function() Potions = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 25, function() Potions = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 25, function() Botany = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 26, function() Botany = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 26, function() History = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 27, function() History = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 27, function() FreeTime = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 28, function() FreeTime = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 28, function() Wizardry = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 29, function() Wizardry = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 29, function() DADF = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 30, function() DADF = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 30, function() Challenge = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 31, function() Challenge = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 31, function() FreeTime = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 32, function() FreeTime = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 32, function() DADF = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 33, function() DADF = false end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 33, function() Astronomy = true end );
timer.Simple( 360 * 34, function() Astronomy = false end );

-- I want it to repeat here

hook.Add("HUDPaint", "MyHudName", classesBox)
 
 

I hope you can help me :D

[Matsumoto]

You should look up how to use tables.

[url]https://www.lua.org/pil/2.5.html[/url]
[url]https://maurits.tv/data/garrysmod/wiki/wiki.garrysmod.com/index2584.html[/url] (outdated)

[Apickx]

That's not even your problem, your file is client side, and you want to synchronize all players to view the same thing. You need to use the net library to tell the player (when they join) what the current state is, then keep track of when to switch.

On a server-side script:

local lessonstart = curtime()
util.AddNetworkString( "lessontime" ) 
function GM:PlayerInitialSpawn(ply)
    local curlesson = curtime() - lessonstart
    net.Start("lessontime")
    net.WriteFloat(curlesson)
    net.Send(ply)
end

On a client-side script:

local curlesson
local numlessons = 32
local lessonlength = 360*24
net.Receive( "lessontime", function()
    local servertime = net.ReadFloat()
    local curlesson = servertime % (numlessons * lessonlength)
    print("I joined during the " .. STNDRD(curlesson) .. " lesson!")
end)

*Code is untested

[MrManiak]

If you want something to repeat forever, you should use the timer library.

[url]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Category:timer[/url]

Also not using tables in Lua is worse than rape.