[nikhilgupta345]

Could you use a while with this?

Like, while they're holding this button do this?

while(entity_get_int(id,EV_INT_BUTTON) & IN_USE)

[Hawk552]

Originally Posted by nikhilgupta345 Could you use a while with this? Like, while they're holding this button do this? while(entity_get_int(id,EV_INT_BUTTON) & IN_USE)

No. You should just check over and over each time client_PreThink() (or whatever other function) is called.

[nikhilgupta345]

Could you explain how prethink works? when is it called?

[Hawk552]

Originally Posted by nikhilgupta345 Could you explain how prethink works? when is it called?

Read the "Game Loop" section in this article:
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/w...initialization

It's for Source, but it applies in this case as well.

[nikhilgupta345]

I'm trying to make it so that while player is holding their use key, soemthing happens. How would I keep checking client prethink? Could you provide an example?

[Hawk552]

Originally Posted by nikhilgupta345 I'm trying to make it so that while player is holding their use key, soemthing happens. How would I keep checking client prethink? Could you provide an example?

Tell me what you want to do and I'll show you. It depends largely on what it is that you're trying to do.

[nikhilgupta345]

If they are pressing use button next while crosshair on player, the player will get healed.

new target, body
if(entity_get_int(id,EV_INT_button) & IN_USE)
  {
    get_user_aiming(id, target, body, 50)
    if(is_user_alive(target))
      set_user_health(target, get_user_health(target) + 2)

[Hawk552]

Your code, as-is, should actually work (assuming everything around it makes sense). The only thing that you should be wary of is that the frequency at which client_PreThink() is called depends on both server and client FPS, so you can get wild fluctuations depending on implementations.

[nikhilgupta345]

How would I make it so that it heals every let's say 2 seconds or something

[Hawk552]

Here's a better sample:

PHP Code:

// How long between heals, expressed in seconds.
#define DELAY 2.0

// How much they get healed each time.
#define AMOUNT 2

new Float:gLastHeal[33]

public client_PreThink( id )
{
    if ( get_user_button( id ) & IN_USE ) 
    {
        new Float:curTime = get_gametime()
        if ( curTime - gLastHeal[id] < DELAY )
            return
        
        gLastHeal[id] = curTime
        
        new index, body
        get_user_aiming( id, index, body, _ )
        
        if ( !is_user_alive( index ) )
            return

        set_user_health( id, get_user_health( id ) + AMOUNT )
    }
}