Difference between revisions of "Timer"

Revision as of 12:40, 26 September 2008

Event: timer( ){ ; }

11	Event ID
	Delay

Repeats the code in the timer(). Result of the llSetTimerEvent library function call.

The time between timer events can be longer than that specified with llSetTimerEvent, this is caused by:
- Time dilation - See llGetRegionTimeDilation for more information.
- Default event delay - Only so many events can be triggered per second.
- Event Execution - If the execution of an event takes to long.
Only one timer can be active at one time.
The timer survives state changes, but does not survive resets.

<lsl> float gap = 2.0; float counter = 0.0;

default {

   state_entry()
   {
       // Activate the timer listener every 2 seconds
       llSetTimerEvent(gap);
   }

   timer()
   {
       counter = counter + gap; 
       llSay(0, (string)counter+" seconds have passed");
   }

} </lsl>

Signature
event void timer( );

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-{{LSL_Event|event_id=11|event_delay|event=timer|event_desc=Repeats the code in the timer(). Result of the {{LSLG|llSetTimerEvent}} library function call.
+{{LSL_Event|event_id=11|event_delay|event=timer|event_desc=Repeats the code in the timer(). Result of the [[llSetTimerEvent]] library function call.
 |constants
 |spec
-|caveats=*The timer event is adversely effected by [[llGetRegionTimeDilation|time dilation]].
+|caveats=
+*The time between timer events can be longer than that specified with [[llSetTimerEvent]], this is caused by:
+** '''Time dilation''' -  See [[llGetRegionTimeDilation]] for more information.
+** '''Default event delay''' - Only so many events can be triggered per second.
+** '''Event Execution''' - If the execution of an event takes to long.
 *Only one timer can be active at one time.
 *The timer survives state changes, but does not survive resets.