Hello,

I would like to set myVar or glbVar to 0 after 5 mins without interfering following script. The script belongs to a Magic Effect/Spell which the player can cast every time.

Event OnEffectFinish(Actor akTarget, Actor akCaster)   myVar = glbVar.getValue()   if myVar == 1	  ;do something	  myVar = 0   else	  ;do something	  myVar = 1   endIfglbVar.SetValue(myVar)endEvent

If I cast once, the second part of the if statement will be executed and the variables are set to 1. With the second cast the variables are set to 0 while the first part is running.

How can I solve this? If the variable is set to 1, that after 5 mins the variable will be set to 0. But if the player casts one more time before the 5 min are over, the variable is set to 0 anyway, so the first timer must be stopped somehow.

I hope I was clearly enough, English is not my mother language.

Thanks for any help

Try with just one var.

GlobalVariable Property kGLOB Auto Event OnEffectFinish(Actor akTarget, Actor akCaster)	kGLOB.SetValue((!kGLOB.GetValue() As Bool) As Int) ; Toggle kGLOB	If kGLOB.GetValue()		; Do 'True' stuff	Else		; Do 'False' stuff	EndIfendEvent

I'd need to see the other script with the timing stuff...

Unfortunately you need to be more precise. What do you want among the following?
* A magic effect that stays on the target and do something after five mins?
* A spell that do something immediately but only if you didn't cast it since five mins? Then what should happen if the player cast it again before? Should it reset the timer or not?

Optionally:
* What is the duration of the magic effect?
* What is your mother tongue? There are probably other skilled modders among your compatriots and one could be passing by, do not be afraid to ask.

Hello,

thanks JustinOther for the cleaning tip.
Thanks Perdev for your effort. I thought it was enough to show my country under the avatar picture, I am German.

The Magic Effect is not important and the duration inclines to zero. With every cast the script switches between true and false and does stuff immediately. If the user does not cast the spell within 5 mins the cast after must be false.

If I set a Utility.Wait in the false part I must me able to stop that in the true part before it stacks the timer with every cast, this would be fine, but I don't know how. Maybe with another script or keyword, I'm pretty clueless.


In the script are objects moved around and get dis-/enabled, the whole thing is working but the 5 min "reset"

Thanks for any help

Since magic effects are automatically purged of any event registered on expiration, I am not surprised to discover that latent calls are also aborted. Something that you were actually relying on but only for effects replaced by another one, you were expecting the active effect to stick until the end of the wait.

Anyway do not use wait, I suggest you add another global viarbale and store the value of GetCurrentRealTime(). Anytime the spell is cast, check whether the difference between those two is greater than 5*60.
Now I would need to check but there coud be race conditions to deal with if the effect was applied with a few frames between two casts, but I guess it will be safe if only the player can cast it.

one way might be to do as Perdev says but use an quest script with an function

bool property firstcast=false auto

Function spellfunction

if firstcast==true
RegisterForUpdate( 300)
firstcast=false
endif
endfunction

Call it from the spell.
then after five minutes

Event OnUpdate()
;dostuff
firstcast=false
endevent