How do i yeald a thread for 5 seconds or untill a remote event is fired

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1

I want for my server script to do something after 5 seconds or if a player fires a remote event, I know how to do both, but just not at the same time.

2

To verify, you’re trying to execute some code after 5 seconds pass, or if a RemoteEvent gets fired during that time period?

Maybe something like this:

local MAX_YIELD_TIME = 5 --//Time before the callback is executed naturally

local function onFlagCompletion() --//Execute code when some condition occurs
	print'yay'
end

local function yieldUntilFlag()
	local timeElapsed = 0

	local tempRemoteListener, tempUpdateListener;
	
	local function executeCallback() --//Clean up listeners and execute some callback
		tempRemoteListener:Disconnect()
		tempUpdateListener:Disconnect()
		
		onFlagCompletion()
	end
	
	--//Do something after yielding naturally
	tempUpdateListener = game:GetService("RunService").Heartbeat:Connect(function(dt)
		timeElapsed += dt

		if timeElapsed >= MAX_YIELD_TIME then
			executeCallback()
		end
	end)
	
	--//Or until a remote event gets fired
	tempRemoteListener = someRemote.OnServerEvent:Connect(executeCallback)
end
coroutine.wrap(yieldUntilFlag)()
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3

dont ya need a wait 1 in there somewhere

4

Try this:

local t = 5 -- or how ever many seconds you want
local target = tick() + t

local param1, param2, ... = nil, nil, ... -- have as many parameters as you want

spawn(function()
      param1, param2, ... = remoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Wait()
      target = tick()
end)

repeat wait() until target < tick()

--remote event fired, or t seconds passed

This will wait until the current time reaches the target time (the time it will be in 5 seconds)
When the remote event is fired, it sets the target to the current time so it ends.

5

What do you mean? I use a Heartbeat event to update a timer to determine when enough time has elapsed, and during that time period if the event gets fired it’ll execute the callback immediately.

6

There are many ways to do this. Here is a simpler way.

local flag = true

remoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function() -- your RemoteEvent
	flag = false
end)

counter = 0
while flag do
	task.wait(0.1)
	counter += 0.1
	if counter >= 5 then break end
end

print("hi")  -- your code here

if you don’t want it to block your script you simply put it in a thread with task.spawn()

7 
local Run = game:GetService("RunService")
local Replicated = game:GetService("ReplicatedStorage")
local RemoteEvent = Replicated.RemoteEvent

local Time = tick()
local Fired = false

local Event = RemoteEvent.OnServerEvent:Connect(function()
	Fired = true
end)

while true do
	Run.Heartbeat:Wait()
	if Fired then
		Event:Disconnect()
		print("Event fired!")
		break
	elseif tick() - Time >= 5 then
		print("Event timed out!")
		break
	end
end