LUA programming question

[SomeoneStrange]

Quick question, is there a wait command to use while making a DST character?

I am making a battle mode for a character and I am having trouble setting a timer for the battle mode. Any ideas?

[SomeoneStrange]

wathgrithr has a code I think is helpful but I don't know what it does or what it's doing

local BATTLEBORN_STORE_TIME = 3
local BATTLEBORN_DECAY_TIME = 5
local BATTLEBORN_TRIGGER_THRESHOLD = 1


if inst.battleborn > 0 then
            local dt = GetTime() - inst.battleborn_time - BATTLEBORN_STORE_TIME
            if dt >= BATTLEBORN_DECAY_TIME then
                inst.battleborn = 0
            elseif dt > 0 then
                local k = dt / BATTLEBORN_DECAY_TIME
                inst.battleborn = Lerp(inst.battleborn, 0, k * k)
            end
        end

 

[Serpens]

what do oyu mean by "wait command" ?

Do you want something to be done in x seconds from now?
Then use "inst:DoTaskInTime(...)"  (search game/mods code how to properly use it.)

[monkeybee]

hang on by wait do u mean
wait 4 sec then do this ?
if so its sleep()

[SomeoneStrange]

1 hour ago, Serpens said:

what do oyu mean by "wait command" ?

Do you want something to be done in x seconds from now?
Then use "inst:DoTaskInTime(...)"  (search game/mods code how to properly use it.)

Thank you so much! I tried playing around with the games timers earlier, but I never understood what was the actually time part.