How would i make a cooldown on a function? (like with CurTime)

[TheNooblycore]

So I have a function:

function org.InviteMember(org,ply,perms, args)
	if org != nil then
		if OG.CheckPermission(perms, "-i") then
			-- invite member
			local plyS = args[1]
			if plyS == ply then OG.SendMessage(ply, "You cannot invite yourself!") return end
			if plyS:GetOrg() == nil then
				-- Send invite
				org.invites[plyS:UniqueID()] = "Received"
				OG.RefreshOrgData(plyS:GetOrg())
				DarkRP.createQuestion("Would you like to join " .. ply:GetOrg():GetName() .. "! \n -Invited by " .. ply:Nick(), "memberinvite".. ply:UniqueID(), plyS, 30, QFunc, ply, plyS )
			else
				OG.SendMessage(ply, "That player is already in an organisation!")
				-- Different org
			end
		else
			OG.SendMessage(ply, "You do not have the required permissions to invite a member!")
			-- doesnt have required perms
		end
	else
		OG.SendMessage(ply, "You are not in an organisation!")
		-- Not in an org
	end
end

How would I go about making a cooldown for this because I found that you can spam this on someones screen and it's really annoying. I was experimenting with CurTime() and I have no idea on how to use it. Please help.

[Doomtaters]

I assume this is serverside.

A table indexed by player names containing the time when a player is allowed to resend an invite should work.

local playerInviteTimers = {}
local inviteDelay = 15

-- setup the table
for _, ply in pairs( player.GetAll() ) do
  
  playerInviteTimers[ ply:SteamID() ] = 0
  
end

local invitePlayer = function( ply, args )
  
  if playerInviteTimers[ ply:SteamID() ] < CurTime() then
    
    sendInvite()
    playerInviteTimers[ ply:SteamID() ] = CurTime() + inviteDelay
    
  else
    
    dontSendInvite()
    
  end
  
end

This should be simple enough to add to your code, though maybe in a different format.

[find me]

[lua]
function org.InviteMember(org,ply,perms, args)

if ply.LastInvite then --Check if variable exists.
if ply.LastInvite > CurTime() then --Check if they still have a time delay.
OG.SendMessage(ply, "You are sending invites too fast!") --Inform client.
return --End the function entirely.
end
end

ply.LastInvite = CurTime() + 5 --Set new delay to 5 seconds in the future.

if org != nil then
if OG.CheckPermission(perms, "-i") then
-- invite member
local plyS = args[1]
if plyS == ply then OG.SendMessage(ply, "You cannot invite yourself!") return end
if plyS:GetOrg() == nil then
-- Send invite
org.invites[plyS:UniqueID()] = "Received"
OG.RefreshOrgData(plyS:GetOrg())
DarkRP.createQuestion("Would you like to join " .. ply:GetOrg():GetName() .. "! \n -Invited by " .. ply:Nick(), "memberinvite".. ply:UniqueID(), plyS, 30, QFunc, ply, plyS )
else
OG.SendMessage(ply, "That player is already in an organisation!")
-- Different org
end
else
OG.SendMessage(ply, "You do not have the required permissions to invite a member!")
-- doesnt have required perms
end
else
OG.SendMessage(ply, "You are not in an organisation!")
-- Not in an org
end
end
[/lua]

[editline]22nd December 2016[/editline]

You should change ply.LastInvite to ply.NextAllowedInvite for it to make more sense.

[TheNooblycore]

[QUOTE=find me;51569433][lua]
function org.InviteMember(org,ply,perms, args)

if ply.LastInvite then --Check if variable exists.
if ply.LastInvite > CurTime() then --Check if they still have a time delay.
OG.SendMessage(ply, "You are sending invites too fast!") --Inform client.
return --End the function entirely.
end
end

ply.LastInvite = CurTime() + 5 --Set new delay to 5 seconds in the future.

if org != nil then
if OG.CheckPermission(perms, "-i") then
-- invite member
local plyS = args[1]
if plyS == ply then OG.SendMessage(ply, "You cannot invite yourself!") return end
if plyS:GetOrg() == nil then
-- Send invite
org.invites[plyS:UniqueID()] = "Received"
OG.RefreshOrgData(plyS:GetOrg())
DarkRP.createQuestion("Would you like to join " .. ply:GetOrg():GetName() .. "! \n -Invited by " .. ply:Nick(), "memberinvite".. ply:UniqueID(), plyS, 30, QFunc, ply, plyS )
else
OG.SendMessage(ply, "That player is already in an organisation!")
-- Different org
end
else
OG.SendMessage(ply, "You do not have the required permissions to invite a member!")
-- doesnt have required perms
end
else
OG.SendMessage(ply, "You are not in an organisation!")
-- Not in an org
end
end
[/lua]

[editline]22nd December 2016[/editline]

You should change ply.LastInvite to ply.NextAllowedInvite for it to make more sense.[/QUOTE]

Crap man, thank you so much. It works perfectly!

[find me]

Try to learn from it. Very simple but very effective. The only things I added were at the top, commented.