run function after player has idled a set time?

satherequesting · 04/05/14, 04:27 PM

Hey there!

First I would like to say thanks for all the great work out there! It is awesome to see!

I am very new to LUA, but have some general coding experience.

I have a great idea for an addon but I want to know if its even possible. Is there a method available to us to detect User input at any level, or the lack thereof?

I would like to create an addon that would run a function when the player has idled, say for 5-10 seconds, and then stop running that function the moment a player resumes input.

Is this conceivable with the current api?

**Seerah** · 04/05/14, 04:52 PM

Not really... You'd have to watch for ... pretty much everything... And even that wouldn't be reliable.

satherequesting · 04/05/14, 04:55 PM

Dang, I was really hoping to hear something different.

I was looking and noticed a bunch of input modes marked private in the API..

Like mouse down, directions, etc...

I wish there was some way to do this because I think the community would really love my addon