Timer:IsPastSimMS

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Function
SyntaxIsPastSimMS( * A unsigned long specifying the threshold amount of time in ms. )
Description:
Returns true if the elapsed time is past a certain amount of time.
ReturnsA bool only yielding true if the elapsed time is greater than the passed in value.




Example
DescriptionThis will gib the object this script is attached to after 5 seconds have passed.
Code
  1. function create(self)
  2.     self.LTimer = Timer(); --this is needed for "Timer:IsPastSimMS" to work.
  3. end
  4.  
  5. function update(self)
  6.     if Timer:IsPastSimMs(5000) == true then --checks if 5 seconds (5000 milliseconds) have passed
  7.         self:GibThis(); --if 5 seconds have passed, gib(kill) the object!
  8.     end
  9. end
Outputnil
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