How to use deltaTime without using .RenderStepped?

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This is once again, and extension off of a different recoil post.

Anyways, I have a spring module that I’m trying to use to simulate recoil, and it requires that I use deltaTime for something I don’t understand. Now that’s cool and all, but the only way I know how to use deltaTime, is by doing Runservice.RenderStepped.

Here’s my code:

local Springs = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.springs)
local Camera = workspace.CurrentCamera

local player = game.Players.LocalPlayer
local mouse = player:GetMouse()

local runServ = game:GetService("RunService")

Springs.Recoil = Springs.create()

function Shove(deltaTime)
	Springs.Recoil:shove(Vector3.new(0.03,0,0))
	spawn(function()
		wait(.15)
		Springs.Recoil:shove(Vector3.new(-0.03,0,0))
	end)
	
	local recoil = Springs.Recoil:update(deltaTime)
	
	workspace.Part.CFrame = workspace.Part.CFrame * CFrame.Angles(recoil.x,recoil.y,recoil.z)
end


mouse.Button1Down:Connect(function()
	runServ.RenderStepped:Connect(function(deltaTime)
		Shove(deltaTime)
		wait(10)
	end)
end)

YouTube Demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5apifNE1as

As you can see, due to me using RenderStepped, it causes it to run every second or something. I don’t want that because I’m attaching THAT to the camera. It just looks very jittery and stupid.

Any help would be appreciated :smiley:

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I would recommend using os.time() to calculate the amount of time that passed. os | Documentation - Roblox Creator Hub
For example,

 local waittime = os.time()  -- gets an old os.time() value and its saved into the variable
-- the event prints how much time has passed since the part was touched
part.Touched:connect(function()
local timepassed = os.time() - waittime -- checks the amount of time in seconds by findingdifference between a current and old os.time() value
print(timepassed) -- prints the amount of time since the part was last touched
waittime = os.time() -- sets waittime to a new os.time() value to keep up to date
end)
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I’ll look into this! Thanks!

(30 charactersssssss)

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You’re welcome. P.S. if you want it to be more exact to milliseconds instead of an integer, you’ll want to use tick(). You can only use tick from a client standpoint but it can be used here too.

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Rather than using os.time() or tick(), there is now os.clock() which is like tick(), but doesn’t use the local time zone, it uses a standard time. I’d recommend using this versus os.time() because it is more accurate, and use it over tick() because it does the same thing but better.