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getProjectileCounter

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Pair: setProjectileCounter

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Get the time left before a projectile detonates.

OOP Syntax Help! I don't understand this!

  • Method:projectile:getCounter(...)
  • Variable: .counter

Syntax

int getProjectileCounter ( projectile projectile )
Required Arguments
  • projectile: the projectile to get the timer of.

Returns

  • int: value

Returns the the time in milliseconds to detonation which depending on the projectile type will do different things:

Code Examples

shared

With this example you can find out how long does it take for a projectile to explode/end

function getProjectileBoomTime()
outputChatBox("Time for "..getProjectileType(source).." to explode/end is "..getProjectileCounter(source).." miliseconds.",255,0,0)
end
addEventHandler("onClientProjectileCreation",root,getProjectileBoomTime)