Platformhopdelay

Overview

This component provides a delay mechanism for platform-hopping behavior, storing the number of ticks that must elapse before an entity (typically a player or creature) can hop to another platform again. It is used to enforce a cooldown period between successive platform hops, likely to prevent spamming of the action or to ensure realistic movement timing.

Dependencies & Tags

The component relies on the FRAMES global constant (used to convert time-in-seconds to ticks). It does not add or remove any entity tags, nor does it require other components.

Properties

Property	Type	Default Value	Description
inst	Entity	—	Reference to the owner entity, set during construction.
delayticks	number (integer)	8	Number of ticks to wait before allowing another platform hop.

Main Functions

SetDelay(time)

• Description: Sets the hop delay based on a time duration in seconds. Internally converts seconds to ticks by dividing by FRAMES and rounding up.
• Parameters:
  time (number): Duration in seconds for the delay.

SetDelayTicks(ticks)

• Description: Directly sets the hop delay in ticks.
• Parameters:
  ticks (number): Number of ticks to wait.

GetDelayTicks()

• Description: Returns the current hop delay in ticks.
• Parameters: None.

Events & Listeners

None.