Can I run a function without stopping my main function?

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#1

Hey there, I have a function for my racing game where it calculates how many seconds behind other racers are after finishing. I want to have a countdown start in another function, but I want the rest of the code in my main function to continue running after that countdown is called, how can I accomplish that?

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#2

You’ll want to use task.spawn or coroutine

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#3

How would I go about making a coroutine out of my function? More importantly how do I fire that function once inside of the coroutine, because I tried and it didn’t work.

#4 
local myFunction = coroutine.wrap(function() 
	--Do some stuff
end)
myFunction() --Does not yield

--Do other stuff while the coroutine is running too.
#5

You should use coroutine.resume.

-- Some main code here

coroutine.resume(coroutine.create(function()
    -- Special function code here
end))

-- Some more main code here
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#6 
spawn(function()
---function code
end)

OR if you want to call the function later:

local theFunction = spawn(function()
---function code
end)

theFunction()
#7

Use the new task library, it’s more enclined with the scheduler.
Use Task.spawn() instead of the normal spawn(), and same for task.wait(n) instead of normal wait(n)

#8

I keep trying it and nothing is happening in the do some stuff section

#9

Maybe there is something else going on with the code your running.

Here is a countdown example. The coroutine method runs the countdown. After its called there is a while loop that does other stuff while the countdown runs. Put this into a new script and do a test run. You’ll see the timer countdown in the output and every 2 secs a warning from the other loop.

task.wait(5)
local timer = tick() + 25
local CountDown = coroutine.wrap(function()
	while(timer)do
		if(timer >= tick())then
			print(timer - tick())
		else
			print("DONE SON!")
			timer = nil
		end
		task.wait()
	end
end)
CountDown()

while(timer)do
	task.wait(2)
	warn("I'm Doing other stuff too!")
end
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#10

So I am firing the function inside another function would that affect it at all? Instead of right below.

#11

A coroutine can be fired anywhere. If your skiddish about showing your script you can DM me. But I won’t be able to really help without seeing exactly how your doing it.

#12

Excellent answer. Finally understand coroutines and how they work!

#14

it was already being called with myFunction()

#15

oh sorry, my bad… (characters)

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