Round Timer

[Zmaster]

I'm in development of a gamemode (for learning purposes) and I'm got to the part where I want to create a timer (for rounds)

I don't want to be walked through it step by step, since I'm trying to do as much as I can on my own, but I'm insure about this

I assumed I'd use a timer for this, but I don't know how to go about it

Basically, I want a round to be 8 minutes long and after every 8 minutes, the map will reset and every player will be sent back to their spawn and respawned

I know how to do the respawning and map resetting on my own, but I don't know what to do about the rest

Can anybody explain a little bit but still leave me room to figure it out? Thanks~

[Neku]

You wouldn't use a timer, you'd use CurTime().

[Zmaster]

http://wiki.garrysmod.com/page/Global/CurTime
"Returns the uptime of the server in seconds (to at least 4 decimal places)"

How would that be used in this situation? 0.o

[Neku]

You use that function and add on how long you want the round to last.
Then you have a hook check CurTime() to see if it is equal to the one you stored.

Code: Lua

1. local EndRoundTime = CurTime() + 200
2.  
3. hook.Add( "Think", "CheckRoundTimer", function() -- Don't use the Think hook. It's icky.
4.         if CurTime() == EndRoundTime then
5.                 -- OMG IT'S THE END
6.         end
7. end )

[Zmaster]

I didn't try this yet, since I'm doing my hw, but I'm thinking about this, so let me know if this would work (or at least if this sounds right), please

Code: Lua

1. StartOfRound = CurTime()

then in a hook (480 is 8 minutes in seconds)

Code: Lua

1. if CurTime() == (StartOfRound  + 480 )
2.      *insert code for map reset/player respawning*

[Neku]

I'm unsure, as I have never used CurTime() myself. I'm only suggesting it because I've seen it used in a few gamemodes.

[Caustic Soda-Senpai]

it looks right. no guarantee it'll work.

[Zmaster]

Code: Lua

1. local EndRoundTime = CurTime() + 20
2.  
3. hook.Add( "Think", "CheckRoundTimer", function() -- Don't use the Think hook. It's icky.
4.         if CurTime() == EndRoundTime then
5.                 PrintMessage( HUD_PRINTTALK, "The round has ended" )
6.                 local EndRoundTime = CurTime() + 20
7.         end
8. end )

Alrighty, I tried using what Neku said earlier and ignoring the advice to not use the Think hook (because I know of nothing else to use) and it did absolutely nothing
like...
nothing happened
ever

So I started looking through the gmod wiki for all the types of hooks, but I wasn't able to find any helpful hooks (just by scanning over the names of the hooks)

In other words, anyone got any hook that will work in place of Think?

[Neku]

Well, after you make a local variable, you wouldn't need to define it as local again.

And where are you putting the code?

[Zmaster]

oh brain fart
fixed the local variable thing

I put that code in the shared.lua because on the GMod wiki, the Think hook was said to be shared: https://maurits.tv/data/garrysmod/wiki/wiki.garrysmod.com/index2902.html

[Neku]

I mean your file path.

[Zmaster]

oh okay

garrysmod/gamemodes/zjailbreak/gamemode/shared.lua