Repeating a lua script

[AKA_Clutter]

First, I am a lua/DCS scripting noob.

 

I want to use a script to issue messages to my squad during a multiplayer Liberation campaign mission.  The purpose is to let them know how much time has elapsed, and how much is left.  I can easily do this in the ME with ONCE triggers that uses the time more trigger.

As I want to do this for each mission, I would like to write a script to do this so I can just add the script rather than adding 7 triggers and the associated message each time.  I've got a script working but the only way I know to get it to check each time is to use the REPEAT trigger and then have it execute a DO SCRIPT command.

 

This seems pretty inefficient.  Is there a better way to do this?

TIA

Clutter

[Grimes]

local totalTime = 14400
local interval = 1800
local function printTimeLeft()
   local timeRemain = totalTime - timer.getTime()
   trigger.action.outText(timeRemain/3600 .. " hours remain", 30)
end

local iter = totalTime/interval
for i = 1, iter do
   timer.scheduleFunction(printTimeLeft, {}, timer.getTime() + (i* iter))
end

Something like that. Just run it once because it reschedules the function to run however many times. In this example 8 total and every 30 minutes with a 4 hour run time.  You can also do some fun stuff with the message formatting to get it in a more readable format because you will likely see a message with several decimal places used which isn't all that useful. 

[AKA_Clutter]

Damn your good.  So much simpler than what I had. Thanks very much.

[609_Relentov]

Nice quick function.  However, Grimes, unless I’m miss-interpreting, wouldn’t you want the timer function to be:

timer.scheduleFunction(printTimeLeft, {}, timer.getTime() + (i* interval))

Otherwise the function is called with i * 8 instead of i * 1800?

 

Edited June 26, 2022 by 609_Relentov