Reset Timer on Entity Spawn

[shrublake]

I recently threw together an entity that adds money to a user's wallet on ENT:Use.

Also on ENT:Use, I have a timer set acting as a cooldown so that it cannot be spammed to just give the user infinite money.

I would like a different timer to be set on each entity spawn so that I can have multiple of the same entity each on a different cooldown. Here is my code, any ideas?:

AddCSLuaFile("cl_init.lua")
AddCSLuaFile("shared.lua")

include("shared.lua")
util.AddNetworkString( "chatSendReady" )
util.AddNetworkString( "chatSendCooldown" )

local delay = 120
local shouldOccur = true

function ENT:Initialize()
    self:SetModel("models/props_trainstation/trashcan_indoor001b.mdl")
    self:PhysicsInit(SOLID_VPHYSICS)
    self:SetMoveType(MOVETYPE_VPHYSICS)
    self:SetSolid(SOLID_VPHYSICS)
    self:SetUseType( SIMPLE_USE )
    local phys = self:GetPhysicsObject()
    if phys:IsValid() then
        phys:Wake()
        phys:EnableMotion(false)
    end
end

function ENT:Use(act , call)
    if shouldOccur then
        net.Start( "chatSendReady" )
        net.Send( Entity( 1 ) )
        call:addMoney(1000)
        shouldOccur = false
        timer.Simple( delay, function() shouldOccur = true end )
    else
        net.Start( "chatSendCooldown" )
        net.Send( Entity( 1 ) )
    end
end

[boxvader2]

Why not just set a flag variable to the entity using [img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img] [url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Entity/SetVar]Entity:SetVar[/url]. Then with a simple timer you can reset the flag.

So something like

self:SetVar("coolDown", true)

[shrublake]

Solved this problem. I ended up dropping timers entirely and using a CurTime() comparison thanks to the gentlemen over @ the Garry's Mod Development Discord.

Here's how I did it:

function ENT:Initialize()
    self:SetModel("models/props_junk/garbage128_composite001c.mdl")
    self:PhysicsInit(SOLID_VPHYSICS)
    self:SetMoveType(MOVETYPE_VPHYSICS)
    self:SetSolid(SOLID_VPHYSICS)
    self:SetUseType( SIMPLE_USE )
    self.BeforeTime = CurTime()
    local phys = self:GetPhysicsObject()

    if phys:IsValid() then
        phys:Wake()
    end

end

local cooldown = 60
function ENT:Use(act , call)
    if CurTime() > (self.BeforeTime or 0) + cooldown then
        net.Start( "chatSendReadySmall1" )
        net.Send( Entity( 1 ) )
        self.BeforeTime = CurTime()
        call:addMoney(1000)
    else
        net.Start( "chatSendCooldownSmall1" )
        net.Send( Entity( 1 ) )
    end
end