Mod question about timer

[Spectop]

I have wrote a function and I need server call this function every n seconds. what's the best way?

I found timer.lua in scripts/components, is that available? 

[Yakuzashi]

I always use:

inst:DoPeriodicTask(time, function, nil, inst)  

but it's not 100% accurate and may be hard on your PC when it calls a function few times a second.

Ultroman covered this matter in this auras tutorial - https://forums.kleientertainment.com/forums/topic/110362-tutorial-making-auras-using-doperiodictask-and-dotaskintime/

My simple brain understood that, so you shouldn't have any problems. Cheers!

 

[Ziro2k]

The timer component is better suited for longer duration timers that don't trigger as often and you wish to save/load the remaining time with its associated entity. Otherwise, DoPeriodicTask is more appropriate. Assign the task to a variable if you intend to cancel it at any point.