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Schedule:AddTask#512768
<function name="AddTask" parent="Schedule" type="classfunc">⤶
<description>⤶
Adds a task to the schedule. See also <page>Schedule:AddTaskEx</page> if you wish to customize task start and run function names.⤶
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See also <page>ENTITY:StartSchedule</page>, <page>NPC:StartEngineTask</page>, and <page>NPC:RunEngineTask</page>.⤶
</description>⤶
<realm>Server</realm>⤶
<args>⤶
<arg name="taskname" type="string">Custom task name</arg>⤶
<arg name="taskdata" type="any">Task data to be passed into the NPC's functions</arg>⤶
</args>⤶
</function>⤶
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<example>⤶
<description>This creates a new schedule with a task named "HelloWorld" that is defined to print the taskdata passed in.</description>⤶
<code>⤶
local schdHello = ai_schedule.New( "SayHello" )⤶
schdHello:AddTask( "HelloWorld", "HELLO" )⤶
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-- Called when the task is initiated (started)⤶
function ENT:TaskStart_HelloWorld( data )⤶
print(data)⤶
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-- Set a variable that is 5 seconds in the future so the task can complete when we tick past it⤶
self.TaskEndTime = CurTime() + 5⤶
end⤶
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-- Called every think until the task is completed⤶
function ENT:Task_HelloWorld(data)⤶
print( data, "again" )⤶
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-- Check if the 5 seconds have passed⤶
if CurTime() &lt; self.TaskEndTime then⤶
self:TaskComplete()⤶
end⤶
end⤶
</code>⤶
<output>Prints "HELLO" in the console, then prints "HELLO again" on every NPC think until 5 seconds have passed.</output>⤶
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</example>
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