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How do I make a function pause a certain amount of seconds before being able to be called again?
The title says it all. It's probably a really stupid question with an obvious answer.
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There are two ways you can do this.
- Create a bool value that is set to true when the function begins and set back to false when it finishes (often called a debounce):
01 | function foo() |
02 | if debounce then return end --If debounce is true, stop the function without doing anything |
03 | local debounce = true |
04 |
05 | print("Hello, world") |
06 | --Do some stuff Here |
07 |
08 | wait(1) --Wait 1 second |
09 |
10 | debounce = false --Make the function callable again |
11 | end |
12 |
13 | foo() --Prints "Hello, world" |
14 | foo() -- Does nothing because 1 second has not yet elapsed |
The second way is to store the time the function was last called, and return if not enough time has elapsed yet:
01 | local lastCalled = 0 |
02 | function foo() |
03 | if tick() - lastCalled < 1 then return end --Do nothing if 1 second has not passed |
04 | lastCalled = tick() |
05 |
06 | print("Hello, world") |
07 | --Do stuff here |
08 | end |
09 |
10 | foo() -- Prints "Hello, world" |
11 | foo() -- Again, does nothing because 1 second has not yet elapsed |
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Calling a normal function with a wait() in it will yield the thread, so the first one will print hello world 2ce, just with a one seccond delay! If it was fired via a :Connect event, then that would work. Not like this. RubenKan 3615 — 8y
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It depends how long to you want it to wait if you want it to wait a certain amount of seconds just say
1 | wait() |
The amount of time would go into the to parenthesis. :)