NodeTimerRef

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A high resolution persistent per-node timer. Can be gotten via minetest.get_node_timer(pos)

Methods

• set(timeout, elapsed) — set a timer's state. timeout, elapsed are in seconds, and supports fractional values (0.1 etc). Will trigger the node's on_timer function after timeout - elapsed seconds.
• start(timeout) — start a timer, equivalent to set(timeout, 0)
• stop() — stops the timer
• get_timeout() — current timeout in seconds, if timeout is 0, timer is inactive
• get_elapsed() — current elapsed time in seconds
• is_started() — boolean state of timer, returns true if timer is started, otherwise false