Os.time not working the way I want

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#1

The os.time() that gets put into the table for some reason is exactly the same as the os.time() in the check so the result is always 0

Main.UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(inputObj, processed)
    if processed then end

    --get our command input
    local Key = Main.UIS:GetStringForKeyCode(inputObj.KeyCode)
    if CommandInputs[Key] then
        local input = CommandInputs[Key]
        --push our input to the queue
        Queue:push({INPUT = input, TIME = os.time()})
    end
end)

--All of this code is inside a function which is being ran by heartbeat
warn("OSTIME "..os.time())  --equals like 16236153etc
warn("TIME "..obj["TIME"])  --equals the same as above
warn(os.time() - obj["TIME"]) --always equals 0 because the 2 things both for some reason equals the same thing
if ((os.time() - obj["TIME"]) > 0.5)  then 
    warn("Expired")
    Queue:remove(i) --removes the old input
    return -- sometimes the object returned from Queue:peek() is nil

I tried making a simpler version of the code above and it seems to work just fine so I’m not sure why the one above isn’t working

local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")

local Table = {}

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(Input,GP)
	if GP then return end
	
	local Key = UIS:GetStringForKeyCode(Input.KeyCode)
	Table = {TIME = os.time()}
	warn(Table["TIME"])
end)

while wait() do
	if Table["TIME"] then
		warn(os.time() - Table["TIME"])
		if ((os.time() - Table["TIME"]) > 0.5) then
			warn("Expire")
		end		
	end
end
#2 
local UIS = game:GetService("UserInputService")

local Table = {}

UIS.InputBegan:Connect(function(Input,GP)
	if GP then return end
	
	local Key = UIS:GetStringForKeyCode(Input.KeyCode)
	Table["TIME"] = os.time()
	warn(Table["TIME"])
end)

while wait() do
	if Table["TIME"] then
		warn(os.time() - Table["TIME"])
		if ((os.time() - Table["TIME"]) > 0.5) then
			warn("Expire")
		end		
	end
end

Try this.

#3

os.time is for 1 second increments (so calling it in the same second returns the same value), I’d recommend using os.clock because it’s more precise.

#4

Ight I tried this and still not working. In the output I’m getting
OSTIME 202181.3444479
TIME SINCE PRESSED 202181.3441771
AFTER MATH 0.0008193000103347

#5

This is because you’re probably resetting the TIME index every heartbeat by indexing and changing it. Please explain what Queue:push is (preferably the code associated with it).

#6

Not sure if this helps, but this is the code for it

function fifo:push ( v )
	self.tail = self.tail + 1
	self.data[self.tail] = v
end

v equals this {[“INPUT”] = “Left”, [“TIME”] = 202659.7265689}