How to script a timed pause

[nickexists]

How can I make my script wait for a given number of seconds before proceeding to the next line? I tried using:

 

time=timer.getTime()

while timer.getTime()~=time+10 do

end

 

but this crashed dcs.

[FSFIan]

While executing Lua code, the simulation is frozen, so the simulation time does not advance while your loop is executing so it becomes an infinite loop.

 

Check out mist.scheduleFunction().

[nickexists]

Thanks, I had used scheduleFunction before to loop a function, I didn't realize I could use it for this though.