Run action on specific time

Developer's Corner Scene Scripting
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Is this a valid PLEG condition to fire an action at 18:00: (18:00:00; Now; 18:00:00)

Thanks

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NO!
NOW is a interval timer that runs once a minute.
It can have any value from 18:00:00.000. To 18:00:59.999

There is an extremely small chance that it will be equal to 18:00:00 (which actually is 18:00:00.000 internally time stamps are mSec resolution)

You could use:
(18:00:00; NOW; 18:00:01)

But it is more efficient to create an input timer.

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Are you sure your answer works?
what is NOW evaluates to 18:00:23

What I ended up doing is: (17:59:00; NOW; 18:00:01)

What is input timer? and how do I create it?

Thanks

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[quote=“embeeded, post:3, topic:190996”]Are you sure your answer works?
what if NOW evaluates to 18:00:23

What I ended up doing is using a scheduled timer to run every day at 18:30 for 10 seconds and I check if its running to trigger the action

What do you think?

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Oops i meant:

(18:00:00; NOW; 18:01:00)

Have you looked at Input Schedules ?
Have you read the getting started guide ?

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Yes, I’m working closely with the PLEG guide.
Using Now is not that efficient so I ended up using a scheduled timer that will fire at 18:00 for 10 seconds.
Is this correct?

2 events will be fired right? one when the timer starts and one when it ends