[Pawn]Timers

[Robd]

Timer's have been giving me a lot of syntax errors, could someone please explain the criteria for a timer to work?

[[GCK]KoFFe]

  like what any idea? could u gave us any script idea

Well timer don't works on

public bla(playerid)
{
Bla bla bla
}

which include playerid or else
it should be cleared like ()

public Whatever()
{
Never Mind
}

SetTimer("Whatever",5000,false);

Whatever is Variable that Runs 

and 5000 is Time settings 5000 = 5secs
and false thing is loop the timer you can use True/False or 1/0

[Robd]

sometimes when i do a function like

stock test()
{
    SendClientMessageToAll(COLOR_GREEN,"blablabla");
    ServerInfo[0][variable] = 1;
}

SetTimer("test",10000,0");

it gives me syntax errors

[aXXo]

sometimes when i do a function like

stock test()
{
    SendClientMessageToAll(COLOR_GREEN,"blablabla");
    ServerInfo[0][variable] = 1;
}

SetTimer("test",10000,0");  //<----- This line

it gives me syntax errors

Theres a syntax error in the line i specified.
It should be:
SetTimer("test",10000,false);

true means timer runs infinite times...
false means timer runs only one time.
Integers have no effect in the 3rd parameter, it runs infinite times if u put integers.....better use true/false

[[GCK]KoFFe]

use Public instead of stock

stock test()
{
    SendClientMessageToAll(COLOR_GREEN,"blablabla");
    ServerInfo[0][variable] = 1;
}

SetTimer("test",10000,0");  //

To

public test()
{
    SendClientMessageToAll(COLOR_GREEN,"blablabla");
    ServerInfo[0][variable] = 1;
}

SetTimer("test",10000,0");  //

[Robd]

Thank you 

One more question, sometimes when using timers with variables like

public test(playerid);
{
    PlayerInfo[playerid][test] = 1;
}

I get the same errors, is there anything i can do to avoid that?

[aXXo]

You cannot pass parameters in functions when using timers.

It has to be:
public test()
{
...
return 1;
}

For using timers applicable only on certain variables you have to use SetTimerEx, which doesnt exists in VCMP.

[[GCK]KoFFe]

which doesnt exists in VCMP.

XD

[Robd]

hmmm, glad i figured out a solution for this...
if anyone's interested i have an idea that would include using ServerInfo before the timer and then reading that in the actual function for later use...

[heekz.shadow]

aXXo...you made it with playerid...Why just dont help him with playerid at timers?