Could someone show me how to make a timer?

[TMG Leader]

Okay so I'm working on a game type. Everything is easy until I get to this part. I've looked at the CTF script for reference and I am still confused on how to do this. I need a time that counts down in center print and its time corresponds to a preference. After the timer ends I need it to kill all players and have a message with that.

Then for the scoring I need it to somewhat "remember" which team activated the timer so that when the timer runs out it gives them points corresponding to a preference.

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

[Mr Phobik]

Alright i dont think this is the best way to do it but here is my version:

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$maxTime = 5; // (in secs)

function Timer(%time)
{
    %time++;

     if ( %time >= $maxTime )
        return;

        BottomPrintAll("Timer:"@ %time @ "/" @ $maxTime,1,2);
           schedule(1000,0,"Timer",%time);
}

function killall()
{
   for(%i=0; %i<clientgroup.getCount(); %i++)
   {
      %client = clientgroup.getObject(%i);

      if(isobject(%client.player))
      {
      %client.player.schedule(2000,"hurtMe","1000");
      }
   }

   for(%i=0; %i<botclientgroup.getCount(); %i++)
   {
      %client = botclientgroup.getObject(%i);

      if(isobject(%client.player))
      {
      %client.player.schedule(2000,"hurtMe","1000");
      }
   }
}

function Start::onEnter(%db,%this,%tank,%time)
{
schedule(1,0,"Timer",%time);
schedule($maxTime*1000-500,0,"killall",%tank);
schedule($maxTime*1000-1000,false,"centerprintall","YOURMESSAGEHERE", 4,2);
}

If there is a better way or i did something wrong, please correct me. Also this is just the timer that kills someone with the message, Not the scoring.

[TMG Leader]

One q before I test it. The game type is a team game. If I want the time to say certain messages for a certain team should I put an "if" statement for each team or should I do something totally different.

[Mr Phobik]

Do you want each team to have a different message when everyone is killed?

[TMG Leader]

No, I need a different message for each team when the timer is activated.
Thx for your help.

[Mr Phobik]

Ok so the timer still does like 1..2..3 bla bla, but u want a message for each team when the timer is activated? Just like 1 message saying for instance "Mr Phobik activated the timer for the green team" to the blue team and "someone on your team activated the goal" to the green team?

[TMG Leader]

Yeah like that. Now one more thing that has to do with the timer. I will also have a gate for each team that will stop the timer with separate messages for each team.
So I was thinking something like this.

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function stoptimer()
{
if(%team=blueteam)
{
centerprintall("The blue team has stopped the timer!,4,4");
}
if(%team=greenteam)
{
centerprintall(("The green team has stopped the timer!",4,4);
}
}
Will this stop the timer, or will it just center print this and continue counting down. The goal is that I don't want all the players to be killed if the timer is stopped.

[Mr Phobik]

That won't stop the timer, and it probably won't even work for the center print. Ok I'll make the script to stop the timer and I'll have to edit the original script that I posted.