Multiple timers

[Aldebaraan]

 

this executes MainLoop every 1 second:

 

        public Main()
        {
            LoadSettings();
            Interval = 1000;

            Tick += MainLoop;
            KeyDown += onKeyDown;
            GTA.UI.Notify(ModName + " " + Version + " Loaded");
        }

How do i make it execute e.g. ProcessVehicles() every 3 seconds?

 

Also is it possible to create timers inside functions? I saw a guy do that in visual basic

 

                                else if (!vehicle.Driver.IsInCombat)
                                {
                                    Ped nearestPed = World.GetNearbyPeds(Game.Player.Character, 100f)[0];
                                    Vector3 nearestPedPos = nearestPed.Position;
                                    Function.Call(Hash.SET_VEHICLE_SHOOT_AT_TARGET, vehicle.Driver, nearestPedPos.X, nearestPedPos.Y, nearestPedPos.Z);
                                }

how do i make that execute every 100-500ms inside another timer?

Edited December 20, 2020 by Aldebaraan

[LeeC22]

There are a few ways of doing this. The simplest method, which the game scripts and some other people use is to use Game.GameTime.

 

// Declare as Global Variable
int ProcessVehicleTimer = 0;

// In your MainLoop
if (Game.GameTime >= ProcessVehicleTimer)
{
    // Do ProcessVehicles() here
    ProcessVehicleTimer = Game.GameTime + 3000;
}

 

This will always run the first time because the timer is set to zero, but after that it will run after 3 seconds, or whatever time you add when you reset the timer. You can either do this in your MainLoop or you could add the timer checking inside a function and simply return from the function if the right amount of time hasn't passed.

 

// In your Function
if (Game.GameTime >= ProcessVehicleTimer)
{
    ProcessVehicleTimer = Game.GameTime + 3000;
}
else
{
    // return if the right amount of time hasn't passed
    return;
}

 

There's also a project I created for someone  who never came back in this comment https://gtaforums.com/topic/924484-c-using-timers-and-intervals/?do=findComment&comment=1070686035

 

 

That was on my old account but the link is still working. That's a multi-timer system that's pretty flexible, feel free to use anything you want out of that.

Edited December 20, 2020 by LeeC22

[Aldebaraan]

@LeeC22Thanks. That worked. But now there's another problem:
 

    private void ProcessSpawnedPilots()
        {
            foreach (Ped ped in spawnedVehiclePilots)
            {
                Ped nearestPed;
                Vector3 nearestPedPos;

                if (Game.GameTime >= ProcessPilotsTimer)
                {
                    //if they are dead or too far from the player
                    if (ped.IsDead || !ped.IsNearEntity(Game.Player.Character, new Vector3(100, 100, 100)))
                    {
                        pedsRemove.Add(ped);
                        deadPeds.Add(ped);
                        if (RemoveDeadPeds) ped.MarkAsNoLongerNeeded();
                    }
                    else if (!ped.IsInCombat)
                    {
                        nearestPed = World.GetNearbyPeds(ped, 100f)[0];
                        nearestPedPos = nearestPed.Position;
                    }
                    foreach (Ped ped1 in pedsRemove)
                    {
                        //spawnedTotal.Remove(ped);
                        spawnedVehiclePilots.Remove(ped1);
                    }
                    pedsRemove.Clear();

                    ProcessVehicleTimer = Game.GameTime + 2500;
                }

                if (ped.IsAlive)
                {
                    Function.Call(Hash.SET_VEHICLE_SHOOT_AT_TARGET, ped, nearestPedPos.X, nearestPedPos.Y, nearestPedPos.Z);
                }

            }
        }

I'm trying to make the pilots choose a target every 2.5 seconds and then shoot that same target using SET_VEHICLE_SHOOT_AT_TARGET every 50 milliseconds until the timer is triggered again (main loop runs every 50ms and this code is called from that). Problem is that i get a "Use of possibly unassigned field error" in visual studio. I don't know how can i assign a different target to each pilot without running into that error.

 

 

 

Edited December 20, 2020 by Aldebaraan

[LeeC22]

28 minutes ago, Aldebaraan said:

"Use of possibly unassigned field error"

 

You are going to have to be a bit more specific than that. Where in the code, what field?

 

NVM, I copied the code into a project, it's because you haven't initialised nearestPedPos, change that variable line to this:

 

Vector3 nearestPedPos = Vector3.Zero;

 

You have to initialise local variables before you can use them.

Edited December 20, 2020 by LeeC22

[Aldebaraan]

10 minutes ago, LeeC22 said:

 

You are going to have to be a bit more specific than that. Where in the code, what field?

in the SET_VEHICLE_SHOOT_AT_TARGET line. It gives errors that the xyz coordinates possibly aren't set.

[LeeC22]

Just now, Aldebaraan said:

in the SET_VEHICLE_SHOOT_AT_TARGET line. It gives errors that the xyz coordinates possibly aren't set.

 

Just edited my answer with the solution.

[Aldebaraan]

1 hour ago, LeeC22 said:

 

Just edited my answer with the solution.

Thanks!