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etioplmld
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Posted: Tue May 23, 2023 11:08 pm Post subject: About createTimer Functions

Code:

function countdown()
print(1)
end
local cctimer = createTimer()
cctimer.Interval = 1000
cctimer.OnTimer = countdown

This code will output a 1 per second,Why does this code not output
1 ，1 2 ， 123 ....,It seems to have created many timers

Code:

for i=1,5 do
createTimer(1000*i,function() print(i) end )
end

Can ce create two timers at the same time, Start one second after another starts.Two counts timer like this?

Code:

local cctimer = createTimer()
cctimer.Interval = 1000
i = 0
function countdown()
i=i + 1
print(i)
if i>= 5 then
object_destroy(cctimer)
end
end
cctimer.OnTimer = countdown

function countdown()
local i = 0
local t = createTimer()
t.Interval = 1000
t.OnTimer = function()
i = i + 1
print(i)
if i>=5 then
t.Destroy()
end
end
end
countdown()

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Posted: Wed May 24, 2023 4:58 am Post subject: Re: About createTimer Functions

etioplmld wrote:

Code:

function countdown()
print(1)
end
local cctimer = createTimer()
cctimer.Interval = 1000
cctimer.OnTimer = countdown

This code will output a 1 per second,Why does this code not output
1 ，1 2 ， 123 ....,It seems to have created many timers

You have no check to see if the timer exists.

Code:

if cctimer then cctimer.destroy(); cctimer = nil end

etioplmld wrote:

Code:

for i=1,5 do
createTimer(1000*i,function() print(i) end )
end

This loops and creates a timer with each loop iteration, setting the interval to 1,000 milliseconds multiplied by the iterator. With every timer tick it prints the iterator number.

etioplmld wrote:

Can ce create two timers at the same time, Start one second after another starts.Two counts timer like this?

Code:

I am not entirely sure of the limitation of how many timers that can be created at any one-time; however, I know that it's possible to create several. I think the limitation is based on the amount of threads that your processor can handle although I could be wrong about that.

I would achieve what you want by doing this:

Code:

-- First and foremost, check if the components exist already
if t1 then t1.destroy(); t1 = nil end
if t2 then t2.destroy(); t2 = nil end

-- Variable to store the timer component so that the timers can be children of Cheat Engine
local owner = getMainForm()

-- Variable to store count
local count = 0

-- Initiate timer variables
local t1,t2 = createTimer(owner),createTimer(owner, false)
-- Set interval
t1.Interval = 1000
t2.Interval = 1000
-- Set function based on timer tick
t1.OnTimer = function()
count = count + 1
print('Timer1 Iterator:\t' .. count)
if count == 2 then
t2.Enabled = true
elseif count >= 5 then
t1.destroy()
t1 = nil
count = nil
end
end

t2.OnTimer = function()
print('Timer2 intitiated')
t2.destroy()
t2 = nil
end

I'm not sure why you want this, but it achieves what you requested.

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Posted: Thu May 25, 2023 12:14 am Post subject:

If use system windows. forms timer you can't run multiple timer at the same time, because it is designed for a single-threaded environment. But if use system timers or system threading timer it will work they designed for multi thread execution. Anyhow, I don't know which system timer CE design for. Even though several timers run at the same time, there is still a "delay time" between the timers _________________ Stealing Code From Stolen Code... And Admit It.. Hmmm....Typically LOL

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