Entity-specific timers?

[overki11]

Is there a way to create entity specific timers? Whenever I create a timer within my SEnt script, it won't call a function like self:DoSomething() because it isn't part of the entity, and I also believe the timer itself won't be unique, so that if another identical entity does timer.Create(...) with the same identifier it will reset the progress. Is there anyway around this?

[kulcris]

Simple timers are unique but they only run once
[url]https://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/timer/Simple[/url]

or create a regular timer with a unique name pertaining to the entity itself?
timer.Create( "UniqueName1"..Self, 1, 1, function()
end )

?

Not sure exactly what you are asking though

[Rubat]

For identifier, "my string" .. ent:EntIndex(), for methods, use function() if !IsValid( ent ) then return end ent:DoSomething() end

Where ent is your entity object.

[overki11]

[QUOTE=kulcris;50544297]Simple timers are unique but they only run once
[url]https://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/timer/Simple[/url]

or create a regular timer with a unique name pertaining to the entity itself?
timer.Create( "UniqueName1"..Self, 1, 1, function()
end )?

Not sure exactly what you are asking though[/QUOTE]

Running once is fine, but if you put them in your entity's code like in ENT:Initialize() and for the timer you do timer.Simple(10, self:DoSomething()) it will say the function DoSomething() is a nil value, and the same thing if for the function arg you do function() self:DoSomething() end

EDIT: Well, I tested it with simple timer and the self functions work, but only if you do function() self:DoSomething() end