Async / waiting
Do stuff later without blocking
Summary
Where to get cron
You can get Cron.lua from psiberx's cp2077-cet-kit on github. Add it to your sources, and then define it as a global:
How to use cron
Cron offers a bunch of functions for executing code later. The code you want to execute has to be inside a function (=> callback) and is passed among the arguments.
For periodically running functions, you need to include logic when to stop the execution.
Performance impact
To save processor load, it is best practice to define your callback outside of the function call. This can have a noticable performance impact, so you're gonna want to do this.
Good example:
The callback is defined once.
Bad example:
The callback is defined every time cron runs.
Passing function arguments
To pass arguments to your callback function, you pass them as arguments to cron:
Cron functions
Delay
Execute the callback after X seconds
Timer
Executes a function every X seconds.
The function will run forever unless you stop it!
Pausing and resuming a timer
You can pause a timer by passing its reference to cron:
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