A temporary in game replacement for Starfall callback timers.

Starfall Temporary Timers

--@name Timers Replacement
--@author Daranable

--=====================================================================
--== Timers Library
--=====================================================================

timers = {}; 

local callbacks = {}; 

local time = loadLibrary( "time" ); 

--=====================================================================
--== Timer Functions
--=====================================================================

--- Sets a new callback timer to return in 'amount' number of miliseconds.
-- @param amount number of miliseconds till callback
-- @param callback the callback function
-- @param ... paramaters to be passed to callback function
function timers.newcb( amount, callback, ... )
    callbacks[ callback ] = {}; 
    local t = callbacks[ callback ]; 
    
    local seconds = amount / 1000; 
    
    t.end_time = time.curTime() + seconds; 
    t.params = { ... }; 
end

--=====================================================================
--== Timer Loop
--=====================================================================

function think()
    for cb, t in pairs( callbacks ) do
        
        if t.end_time <= time.curTime() then
            cb( unpack( t.params ) ); 
            
            callbacks[ cb ] = nil; 
        end
    end
end

hook( "think", "thought", think );