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Learning how to use timers, basic timers help? #243548 27/11/13 04:54 AM
Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 3 Californ1a OP Self-satisified door
OP Californ1a Self-satisified door Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 3	Essentially, I want something like this: Code: <Californ1a>: !on <Bot>: text ~10 minutes~ <Bot>: text ~10 minutes~ <Bot>: text <Californ1a>: !off What I have so far is this, but I'm sure there's something wrong (obviously, because it isn't working), and I'm sure there's an easier way to accomplish this. (I set the timer to 10 seconds for testing) Code: var %timed = 0 while (%timed == 1) { .timer 0 10 msg $chan text } ON :TEXT:!on:#Californ1a: { var %timed = 1 msg $chan text } ON :TEXT:!off:#Californ1a: { var %timed = 0 } I know a while loop is wrong because the timer itself loops with the 0 there, but I don't know how to disable that. No doubt someone just facepalmed at how bad that script is so forgive me, just now learning how to use timers.

Re: Learning how to use timers, basic timers help? Californ1a #243549 27/11/13 05:13 AM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,358 L Loki12583 Hoopy frood
Loki12583 Hoopy frood L Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,358	All commands must be in an alias, event, or other type of definition. You can't just have commands sitting in a file not contained in anything. Code: on :text:!on:#Californ1a: { .timer.timername 0 600 msg # text } on :text:!off:#Californ1a: { .timer.timername off }

Re: Learning how to use timers, basic timers help? Loki12583 #243550 27/11/13 05:18 AM
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OP Californ1a Self-satisified door Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 3	I originally had the while inside the !on, but it just froze mIRC (I guess it was the double loop creating infinite timers?) Thanks though, I knew I was doing something really wrong. Edit: I need it to say the message a couple seconds after the initial "!on" as well as after the end of each 10 minutes, this script just does it after each 10 minutes. Nevermind, I changed it to this and it's working, thanks: Code: on :text:!on:#Californ1a: { .timer.quicktimer 1 5 msg $chan text .timer.timername 0 10 msg $chan text } on :text:!off:#Californ1a: { .timer.piebux off } Last edited by Californ1a; 27/11/13 05:32 AM.

Re: Learning how to use timers, basic timers help? Californ1a #243551 27/11/13 05:21 AM
Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 49 L lindenkron Ameglian cow
lindenkron Ameglian cow L Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 49	A timer does all that by itself. The while is unnecessary. Doing Code: ON :TEXT:!timer:#: { if ($2 == on) { timerMessage 0 600 msg $chan This is a Message! } if ($2 == off) { timerMessage off } } Would do the trick, no? Nvm, loki did it lol. Last edited by lindenkron; 27/11/13 05:22 AM.

Re: Learning how to use timers, basic timers help? lindenkron #243552 27/11/13 05:25 AM
Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 3 Californ1a OP Self-satisified door
OP Californ1a Self-satisified door Joined: Nov 2013 Posts: 3	Yeah, I know the timers work in seconds. I had it set to 10 for testing. Don't want to wait out the 10 minutes every time I made an edit to see if it worked.

Re: Learning how to use timers, basic timers help? Californ1a #243557 27/11/13 01:13 PM
Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,358 L Loki12583 Hoopy frood
Loki12583 Hoopy frood L Joined: Jan 2004 Posts: 1,358	When you turn the timer off you need to use the same name as the one you turned on. You just have 3 differently named timers.

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