How could I change from wait() to tick()?

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#1

I’m trying to make a Speedrun Timer, and I know I should tick() instead of wait() or task.wait(). But, how could I do that?

Here’s the full script:

RemoteClient.OnClientEvent:Connect(function(info)
	if info == "StartTimer" then
		local Seconds
		local Minutes
		local Hours

		local DataStoreTime

		local s = 0
		local m = 0
		local h = 0

		while true do
			task.wait(0.001)
			s = s + 1 -- Seconds
			if s <= 9 then
				Seconds = "0" .. s
			else
				Seconds = tostring(s)
			end


			if m <= 9 then -- Minutes
				Minutes = "0" .. m
			else
				Minutes = tostring(m)
			end

			if s == 99 then
				s = 0
				m = m + 1
			end


			if h <= 9 then  -- Hours
				Hours = "0" .. h
			else
				Hours = tostring(h)
			end

			if m == 60 then
				m = 0
				h = h + 1
			end

			SpeedrunTimer.Text = Hours .. ":" .. Minutes .. ":" .. Seconds
		end
	end
end)
#2 
local lasttask=0 --variable to keep track of the last incident
local numberinsec=3 --to compare time

if tick()-lasttask<numberinsec then
  return
end
lasttask=tick()
#3

How about you use a high resolution timer like os.clock and on the client you just put in a RunService RenderStepped loop a function that displays the timer?

#4

Its probably a good idea to just use t += task.wait(), task.wait returns the time that the function paused execution for, and it waits better than the deprecated wait function.

local t = 0
while true do
  t += task.wait()
  local s = math.floor(t) -- <- use this to render the text
end
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#5

You have no need for any of that:

local FORMAT  = "%d:%02d:%02d"
local HOURS   = 3600
local MINUTES = 60

local Timer = script.Parent

local secondsElapsed = 0


while true do
    local hours   = secondsElapsed // HOURS
    local minutes = secondsElapsed % HOURS // MINUTES
    local seconds = secondsElapsed % MINUTES

    Timer.Text = string.format(FORMAT, hours, minutes, seconds)

    task.wait(1)

    secondsElapsed += 1
end
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#6

How could I be able to do that?

#7

While thats a good a approach it can be improved further using the high resolution timer os.clock

local Start = os.clock()

game:GetService("RunService").PreRender:Connect(function()
 -- code to show timer here
 local CurrentTime = os.clock() - Start -- this is in seconds
end)