About setTimer

[SkatCh]

guys please i need some help i create a vip system and i want to keep the time working even if the player logout is that possible .

just a part from my script:

local timers = { }

function startTime ( thePlayer ) 
    if not ( timers [ thePlayer ] ) then 
        timers [ thePlayer ] = setTimer ( function () 
                if ( isElement ( thePlayer ) ) then 
                    local timeLeft = getElementData ( thePlayer, "time" ); 
                    if ( timeLeft ) then 
                        if ( timeLeft > 0 ) then 
                            if ( ( timeLeft - 1 ) > 0 ) then 
                                setElementData ( thePlayer, "time", timeLeft - 1 ); 
                            else 
                                remove ( thePlayer ); 
                            end 
                        else 
                            remove ( thePlayer ); 
                        end 
                    end 
                else 
                    return; 
                end 
            end, 1000, -1 
        );       
    end 
end 

Edited November 3, 2014 by Guest

[Castillo]

Well, of course not, because 'thePlayer' will be destroyed once the player leaves the server, so setElementData will stop working.

[SkatCh]

i already make it with setAccountData/getAccountData . so what can i do to keep timer decreasing.