Timers

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I'm currently making a TKOTH plugin that uses a timer and i figured that I'd share the timer code because some people need help with timers. This example uses a small struct for teams and it shows how easy OOP can be.

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#include <amxmodx>
#include <cstrike>

/*enum CsTeams {
    CS_TEAM_UNASSIGNED = 0,
    CS_TEAM_T = 1,
    CS_TEAM_CT = 2,
    CS_TEAM_SPECTATOR = 3
};*/

new bool:isTimerOn[CsTeams];
new zonetime[CsTeams];
new TimerID[CsTeams];

startTimer(CsTeams:team)
{
    if(isTimerOn[team])
        return 0;
    set_task(1.0,"Tick",TimerID[team],team,sizeof(team),"b");
    isTimerOn=true;
}

Tick(CsTeams:team)
{
    zonetime[team]++;
}

stopTimer(CsTeams:team)
{
    remove_task(TimerID[team]);
    isTimerOn=false;
    resetTimer(team);
}

resetTimer(CsTeams:team)
{
    zonetime[team]=0;
}

pauseTimer(CsTeams:team)
{
    remove_task(TimerID[team]);
    isTimerOn=false;
}

currentTime(CsTeams:team)
    return zonetime[team];

Now this is plugin specific, but you can easily modify it to fit your plugin's needs.

Then you'd simply do what you need to do, i.e.

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new bool:inzone[Team]
docheck();
if(inzone[CS_TEAM_T] && !lastcheck[CS_TEAM_T])// if they are now in the zone and wasn't before
    startTimer(CS_TEAM_T);
if(!inzone[CS_TEAM_T] && lastcheck[CS_TEAM_T]) // if they were in the zone but aren't anymore
    stopTimer(CS_TEAM_T);
// do same with CT and make an update task every second or so

Pretty simple, eh?