Waiting, calling a function and waiting again.

[Anxiety]

How can i wait 10 seconds, call a function, wait 10 seconds again and call the same function? Like an endless loop to wait and call a function.

Still sorry for multiple posts :/

[nevon]

Create a timer, decrease the timer by dt each frame, once the timer is 0 or less, run the function and reset the timer. Rinse and repeat.

[Anxiety]

Now how do i create the timer?

[vrld]

Now how do i create the timer?

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timer, called = 0, 0
function love.update(dt)
    timer = timer + dt
    if timer > 10 and called < 2 then
        the_function(with, arguments)
        timer = 0
        called = called + 1
    end
end

Or with hump.timer:

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Timer.addPeriodic(10, function() the_function(with, arguments) end, 2)
function love.update(dt)
    Timer.update(dt)
end

[nevon]

Now how do i create the timer?

A timer is just a variable holding a number, so:

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function love.load()
    timer = 10
end

function love.update(dt)
    if timer <= 0 then
        letsRunOurFancyFunction()
        timer = 10
    else
        timer = timer - dt
    end
end

EDIT: Ninja'd by vrld!

[Anxiety]

Ha. I thought i had to use something like timer.interval = 10000 and timer.tick but this easy, awesome!