scheduler

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Delayed and repeating tasks. Times are in ticks: one tick is one world step (0.2 s on the server). The host calls guest.run-task on the main thread when a task is due.

Package blockheads:api@0.3.1 · Lua table bh.scheduler · WIT source

Uses: types.{api-error}

Types

task-id type

type task-id = u64;

Identifies one task of the calling mod.

Functions

run-later function

run-later: func(delay: u32) -> result<task-id, api-error>;

Runs once after delay ticks (0 = at the next tick).

run-every function

run-every: func(delay: u32, period: u32) -> result<task-id, api-error>;

Runs after delay ticks and then every period ticks (period >= 1) until cancelled.

run-next-poll function

run-next-poll: func() -> result<task-id, api-error>;

Runs once in the next network poll (about 16 ms), for quick replies to players.

cancel function

cancel: func(id: task-id) -> bool;

Cancels a task. Returns false if it did not exist or already ran.