Adding a BASIC cooldown to an Addaction

[PSYKO_nz 42]

I've been googling for the last hour or so and I can't make heads or tails of the various ways to sort a cool down for an addaction that came up, I have tried a few but got nowhere.

I'm very sorry to repost on the subject, but I'm a bit confused

 

so, here is what I want to do...

I want to add a cooldown (duh) to the following addaction.

this addAction["<t color='#ff9900'>Skydive Altis!</t>", "ATM_airdrop\atm_airdrop.sqf",[],1,false,true,"","_this distance _target < 2, sunOrMoon > 0.5"];

 

the cooldown needs to only affect the person who fires the addaction so anybody can come and use it at any time but after they use it they have to wait 5 mins to use it again

 

I want to keep this painfully simple, it has to work on a dedicated server and I want to avoid getting into any unnecessary scripting, simple is good in this case

[pierremgi 4738]

this addAction [
   "<t color='#ff9900'>Skydive Altis!</t>",
   {
      execVM "ATM_airdrop\atm_airdrop.sqf";
      (_this select 0) setVariable ["ATMcoolDown",false,true];
      uiSleep 15;
      (_this select 0) setVariable ["ATMcoolDown",true,true]
   },
   [],1,false,true,"",
   "_this distance _target < 2 && sunOrMoon > 0.5 && _target getVariable ['ATMcooldown',true]"
];

 

for 5 minutes, replace sleep 15 by uiSleep 300

This way, the addAction is unavailable for all players after one activated it.

If your aim is to let the addAction available for others, just remove the third param (true) in variables:

(_this select 0) setVariable ["ATMcoolDown",false];
      uiSleep 15;
(_this select 0) setVariable ["ATMcoolDown",true];

 

Now, you have the choice.

[fn_Quiksilver 1633]

the basic structure of an execution cooldown/delay:

 

if (diag_tickTime < (uiNamespace getVariable ['tag_cooldown',-1])) exitWith {};
_cooldown = 10; 	// cooldown duration in seconds
uiNamespace setVariable ['tag_cooldown',(diag_tickTime + _cooldown)];

And a working example:

 

player addAction [
	'Test',
	{
		if (diag_tickTime < (uiNamespace getVariable ['tag_cooldown',-1])) exitWith {
			hint (format ['Too soon! Please wait %1 more seconds.',(round ((uiNamespace getVariable ['tag_cooldown',-1]) - diag_tickTime))]);
		};
		_cooldown = 10; 	// cooldown duration in seconds
		uiNamespace setVariable ['tag_cooldown',(diag_tickTime + _cooldown)];
		hint 'Go!';
	}
];

 

and applied to your case:

 

this addAction [
	"<t color='#ff9900'>Skydive Altis!</t>",
	{
		if (diag_tickTime < (uiNamespace getVariable ['tag_cooldown',-1])) exitWith {
			hint (format ['Too soon! Please wait %1 more seconds.',(round ((uiNamespace getVariable ['tag_cooldown',-1]) - diag_tickTime))]);
		};
		_cooldown = 300; 	// cooldown duration in seconds
		uiNamespace setVariable ['tag_cooldown',(diag_tickTime + _cooldown)];
		[] execVM "ATM_airdrop\atm_airdrop.sqf";
	},
	[],
	1,
	false,
	true,
	"",
	"_this distance _target < 2"
];

 

Adjust the _cooldown number to the desired delay, in seconds.