<function name="GetTimeScale" parent="game" type="libraryfunc"> <description> Returns the time scale set with <page>game.SetTimeScale</page>. If you want to get the value of `host_timescale` use Returns the time scale set with <page>game.SetTimeScale</page>. ⤶ If you want to get the value of `host_timescale` use ```lua local timescale = GetConVar( "host_timescale" ):GetFloat() ``` </description> <realm>Shared</realm> <rets> <ret name="" type="number">The time scale</ret> </rets> </function> <example> <description>Printing the true timescale.</description> <code> -- getting the true timescale. local host_timescale = math.Round( GetConVar( "host_timescale" ):GetFloat(), 1 ) -- it will return 1.0000000149012 so we use math.Round local game_timescale = game.GetTimeScale() print( "True Timescale: " .. host_timescale * game_timescale ) -- example of the true timescale if SERVER then RunConsoleCommand( "host_timescale", 0.2 ) -- we cannot use SetFloat on a ConVar not created by Lua. game.SetTimeScale(5) end local host_timescale = math.Round( GetConVar( "host_timescale" ):GetFloat(), 1 ) -- it will return 0.20000000298023 so we use math.Round local game_timescale = game.GetTimeScale() print( "Host_TimeScale: " .. host_timescale ) print( "Game_TimeScale: " .. game_timescale ) print( "True Timescale: " .. host_timescale * game_timescale ) -- should be 1 because 0.2 * 5 is 1. </code> <output> ```lua True Timescale: 1 Host_TimeScale: 0.2 Game_TimeScale: 5 True Timescale: 1 ``` </output> </example>