Debouncing

[Fuzzyhed]

Basically, I've got an entity, and the ENT:Use() code is firing an average of 13 times each time you press E on it, I want it to only fire once. In ROBLOX we used a process called debouncing, where you could throw in a wait(num) function to have it disabled for a time, but I noticed in gmod lua there's no such function, so is there a way I could make a debounce or a way I could stop it from firing 13 times?

Code in ENT:Use() :

function ENT:Use(activator, caller)
if activator:IsPlayer() then
player = activator;
if nexus.player.CanAfford(player, 5) then
nexus.player.GiveCash(player, -5, "Bought a coke", false)
nexus.inventory.Update(player, "Coke", 1, true);
end
end
end

[skullorz]

[lua]

local debounce = false --Define our variable

function ENT:Use(activator, caller)
if debounce then return end --If debounce is true, don't run.
if activator:IsPlayer() then
player = activator;
if nexus.player.CanAfford(player, 5) then
nexus.player.GiveCash(player, -5, "Bought a coke", false)
nexus.inventory.Update(player, "Coke", 1, true);
debounce = true --Set debounce to true
timer.Simple(5,function() debounce=false end) --Let the script run again after 5 seconds
end
end
end
[/lua]

And use [lua] tags for code, thanks.

[Wizard of Ass]

You could try to change the usetype.

[Fuzzyhed]

[QUOTE=skullorz;33245787][lua]

local debounce = false --Define our variable

function ENT:Use(activator, caller)
if debounce then return end --If debounce is true, don't run.
if activator:IsPlayer() then
player = activator;
if nexus.player.CanAfford(player, 5) then
nexus.player.GiveCash(player, -5, "Bought a coke", false)
nexus.inventory.Update(player, "Coke", 1, true);
debounce = true --Set debounce to true
timer.Simple(5,function() debounce=false end) --Let the script run again after 5 seconds
end
end
end
[/lua]

And use [lua] tags for code, thanks.[/QUOTE]

Thanks! And I tried using lua tags, but it didn't really work that well, I probably did it wrong.

[_nonSENSE]

[QUOTE=Wizard of Ass;33245797]You could try to change the usetype.[/QUOTE]

This.
[b][url=http://wiki.garrysmod.com/?title=Entity.SetUseType]Entity.SetUseType [img]http://wiki.garrysmod.com/favicon.ico[/img][/url][/b]

Setting a variable to true and false after 5 seconds sounds very limiting.