How to set a timer

[Eboreg]

So... I've been looking in to setting a timer for an event to go off, say... five minutes after a previous event was fired. i.e. a side has been told to change from weapons hold to weapons tight and I want to reset it back to weapons hold 5 minutes later. However, the lua code I have now sets the timer to go off at Jan 1, 1 AD at 0000Z. What am I doing wrong?

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local current = ScenEdit_CurrentTime()
local newtime = current + (5*60)
local trigger = ScenEdit_SetTrigger({description='Check For Stand Down', Time=newtime})

[blu3s]

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local newTime = os.date('%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S', ScenEdit_CurrentTime() + (5*60))
local trigger = ScenEdit_SetTrigger({description='Check For Stand Down', Time=newTime })

[Eboreg]

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local newTime = os.date('%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S', ScenEdit_CurrentTime() + (5*60))
local trigger = ScenEdit_SetTrigger({description='Check For Stand Down', Time=newTime })

Tried to run that code and this is what I got

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ScenEdit_SetTrigger 0 : ,Error in Trigger.Time!

[blu3s]

Mmm, maybe you need to set the format time to your locale format time

[Eboreg]

Mmm, maybe you need to set the format time to your locale format time

That... sounds like it would break if I put it on another computer.

[blu3s]

You're right


Can you try this on a new scenario?

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local newTime = os.date('%d/%m/%Y %H:%M:%S', ScenEdit_CurrentTime() + (5*60))
local trigger = ScenEdit_SetTrigger({description='Check For Stand Down',mode='add',type = 'Time', Time=newTime })

[Eboreg]

It set the time to Midnight, January 1st of Year 1

[KLAB]

https://www.matrixgames.com/forums/view ... 6&t=275815

Search on this sub forum, timer issues and the LUA text needed has been covered at length.
I'm not on PC otherwise I'd find you the LUA code myself.
Cheers
K