Scripting API
TimeModule

TimeModule

Contents

Example
Properties
Methods
Classes

Contents

Example
Properties
Methods
Classes

The TimeModule class enables time-based events.

Example 

//==============================================================================
// The following example demonstrates how to call a function repeatedly every
// 0.5 seconds as well as call a function once after 5 seconds has passed.
//
// Project setup:
// - Insert a plane
//==============================================================================

// Load the required modules
const Scene = require('Scene');
const Time = require('Time');
const Reactive = require('Reactive');

// Enable async/await in JS [part 1]
(async function() {
  // Locate the plane in the Scene
  const [plane] = await Promise.all([
    Scene.root.findFirst('plane0')
  ]);

  // Create a variable used in the timers
  const timeInMilliseconds = 500;

  //==============================================================================
  // Increase and decrease the scale of the plane every 0.5 seconds
  //==============================================================================

  // Create a boolean to determine if the plane's width is doubled or not
  var isPlaneDoubleWidth = false;

  // Store a reference to the plane's transform signal
  const planeTransform = plane.transform;

  // Store a reference to the plane's initial x-axis scale value
  const planeWidth = planeTransform.scaleX.pinLastValue();

  // Create a function that changes the width of the plane
  function changePlaneWidth() {

    // If the plane's width is not doubled...
    if (!isPlaneDoubleWidth) {

      // Multiply the x-axis scale value of the plane by 2, doubling it
      planeTransform.scaleX = Reactive.mul(planeWidth, 2);

    // Otherwise...
    } else {

      // Set the x-axis scale back to it's original value, halving it
      planeTransform.scaleX = planeWidth;

    }

    // Update the boolean
    isPlaneDoubleWidth = !isPlaneDoubleWidth;

  }

  // Create an interval timer that calls the changePlaneWidth function every 0.5
  // seconds
  const intervalTimer = Time.setInterval(changePlaneWidth, timeInMilliseconds);

  //==============================================================================
  // Stop the interval timer after 5 seconds using a timeout timer
  //==============================================================================

  // Create a function that stops the interval timer
  function stopIntervalTimer() {
    Time.clearInterval(intervalTimer);
  }

  // Create a timeout timer that calls the stopIntervalTimer function after 5
  // seconds have passed
  const timeoutTimer = Time.setTimeout(stopIntervalTimer, timeInMilliseconds * 10);
// Enable async/await in JS [part 2]
})();

Properties

PropertyDescription
ms
(get) ms: ScalarSignal
(set) (Not Available)


Specifies a ScalarSignal indicating the number of milliseconds elapsed since the first frame.

Methods

MethodDescription
clearInterval 
clearInterval(timer: Subscription): void


Cancels a callback set by setInterval. This function is provided as a to match the traditional JS clearInterval API.

Note: This is equivalent to Subscription.unsubscribe.
clearTimeout 
clearTimeout(timer: Subscription): void


Cancels a callback set by setTimeout. This has no effect if the timeout has already been triggered. This function is provided as a to match the traditional JS clearTimeout API.

Note: This is equivalent to Subscription.unsubscribe.
setInterval 
setInterval(callback: Function, delay: Number): Subscription


Returns a Subscription object. The function specified by callback is called at intervals specified by delay in milliseconds. The setInterval will continue calling the callback until TimeModule.clearInterval is called. The callback is a function that has one argument, the elapsed time since the timer started. An exception is thrown when the delay is zero or less.

Note: An interval can be canceled either via Subscription.unsubscribe or TimeModule.clearInterval.
setIntervalWithSnapshot 
setIntervalWithSnapshot(snapshot: { [name: string]: Signal}, callback: Function, delay: Number): Subscription

Returns a Subscription object.
The function specified by callback is called at intervals specified by delay in milliseconds using Snapshot of signals.
Snapshot is a dictionary of String/Bool/Scalar signals, which will be passed as JSON to the callback function using lastValue from requested signals.

The setIntervalWithSnapshot will continue calling the callback until TimeModule.clearInterval is called.
The callback is a function that has two arguments, the elapsed time since the timer started, and the snapshot JSON
An exception is thrown when the delay is zero or less.

Note: An interval can be canceled either via Subscription.unsubscribe or TimeModule.clearInterval.
setTimeout 
setTimeout(callback: Function, delay: Number): Subscription


Returns a Subscription object. The function specified by callback is called after the specified delay in milliseconds. The callback is a function that has one argument, the elapsed time since the timer started.

Note: A timeout can be canceled either via Subscription.unsubscribe or TimeModule.clearTimeout.

Note: This is equivalent to Time.ms.sub(Time.ms.pin()).trigger(delay).subscribe(callback).
setTimeoutWithSnapshot 
setTimeoutWithSnapshot(snapshot: { [name: string]: Signal}, callback: Function, delay: Number): Subscription


Returns a Subscription object. The function specified by callback is called after the specified delay in milliseconds using Snapshot of signals.
Snapshot is a dictionary of String/Bool/Scalar signals, which will be passed as JSON to the callback function using lastValue from requested signals.

The callback is a function that has two arguments, the elapsed time since the timer started and the snapshot JSON.

Note: A timeout can be canceled either via Subscription.unsubscribe or TimeModule.clearTimeout.

Note: This is equivalent to Time.ms.sub(Time.ms.pin()).trigger(delay).subscribeWithSnapshot(snapshot, callback).

Classes

This module exposes no classes.

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