<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. See also <page>ENTITY:StartSchedule</page>, <page>NPC:StartEngineTask</page>, and <page>NPC:RunEngineTask</page>. </description> <realm>Server</realm> <file line="56-L62">lua/includes/modules/ai_schedule.lua</file>⤶ <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> <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" ) -- Called when the task is initiated (started) function ENT:TaskStart_HelloWorld( data ) print(data) -- 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 -- Called every think until the task is completed function ENT:Task_HelloWorld(data) print( data, "again" ) -- Check if the 5 seconds have passed if CurTime() < 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> </example>