[SCRIPT] Adding Delays

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So, hi again people. First of all (as some might have noticed) i got to the scripting section for my coming full conversion. And sadly that's where i'm weakest at.

But i am aware of the basics and can do stuff that i have planned, but for one thing i can't get working without adding too much code.

I think i'll explain it with an example:

I want to execute functionXY with a timer that starts when the player enters a specific area. After the player entered the area, functionXY is going to be excecuted and does thingXY. Now i want that after thingXY happens something else should happen with a delayXY, let's say 1 second.

What i would do is the following:

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void OnStart() {

AddTimer ("ExecFunctionXY", 10.0f, "FunctionXY")
}


void FunctionXY (string &in asTimer) {
thingXY()
AddTimer ("FunctionZDelay", 1.0f, "FunctionZDelay")
}

void FunctionZDelay (string &in asTimer) {
delayedthingZ()
} 


So basically i'm adding a timer after a certain function has been called to execute something delayed.

Is there a way to code that a bit more "pretty"?
I'm guessing it has to do with parameters, but sadly i'm really not good at this part. Hope you guys can help and hopefully i can learn something new. :3

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void OnStart() {

AddTimer ("ExecFunctionXY_1", 10.0f, "FunctionXY")
AddTimer ("ExecFunctionXY_2", 11.0f, "FunctionXY")
}


void FunctionXY (string &in asTimer) {
if(asTimer=="ExecFunctionXY_1") {
thingXY()
}
if(asTimer=="ExecFunctionXY_2") {
delayedthingZ()
}
} 


Something like this maybe? It really depends on how many functions you want to use with delays. This is probably the simplest for just a function followed by a delay followed by a function.