Some help with timers
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Drako Slyith
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I'm making a mod and I'm having trouble figuring out how to use a timer in an overlay. I need to have a timer of about 15 ticks repeating launched by the overlay. Is there any way to do this?
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The only repeating event you have available on overlays is OnUpdate, and that runs constantly every 30 ticks. The only type that can have variable repeating events in game are objects. So, you could add an event handler to the object that overlay is on, and then start a timer. Or, if you have control over the object, just hardcode the event onto it.