Stopwatch - Simple & Lightweight solution to your time keeping needs

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#1

Heyo!

I found myself needing to find out how much time has passed between two intervals quite often, so I made the process into a standardized, easy-to-use function. It ended up being pretty useful so I’ve decided to release it to the public!

How does it work?
After you require the module, you can call it and it will return a stopwatch object. From there you can use these functions:

Returns the amount of time passed since the last reset
stopwatch()

Resets the starting time of the stopwatch
stopwatch:reset()

Usage Example
Here is an example of how the stopwatch could be used as a double jump debounce:

-- Services
local UIS = game:GetService('UserInputService')

-- Modules
local StopwatchCreator = require(game.ReplicatedStorage.Modules.Stopwatch)

-- Variables
local stopwatch = StopwatchCreator()
local doubleJumpCD = .5

UIS.JumpRequest:Connect(function()
	if stopwatch() >= doubleJumpCD then
		print('can double jump!')
		stopwatch:reset()
	else
		print('cant double jump :(')
	end
end)

Libary Link
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#2

why not just use tick() instead

#3

It does! It just condenses that process into 1 function.

#4

I personally wouldn’t say condensing tickVarName = tick() to stopwatch:reset() is too astounding of a function.

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#5

It’s definitely not complex but it’s a piece of code I find myself writing very often. Having it as an easily reusable function cleans up code and improves organization.

#6

Why not just use os.clock() instead for higher precision time