How do I make something happen repeatedly every few seconds?

#1 · August 27, 2011, 1:51 pm

Title says it all.

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#2 · August 27, 2011, 2:13 pm

Use a logic_timer together with its OnTimer event.

#3 · August 27, 2011, 2:54 pm

Thank You

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#4 · August 27, 2011, 3:01 pm

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#5 · August 27, 2011, 6:09 pm

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#6 · August 27, 2011, 7:25 pm

2 logic relays set to trigger eachother, make sure to use delays

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#7 · August 27, 2011, 9:03 pm

sirfluffs wrote:

2 logic relays set to trigger eachother, make sure to use delays

Not a good idea, a logic_timer is a much better solution, seeing as you use less entities and it can be repetitively fired without a red error appearing in the console every 2 seconds.

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#8 · August 27, 2011, 9:28 pm

Learned that the hard, painful way.

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