How to. Timer to tick every X seconds?

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I know this should be easy, but I’m mentally fried and just… Drained…

I need to do this in C++, but in reality the algorithm should be the same in BP I suppose.

I need to allow for a config setting in DefaultGame.ini
This setting allows someone to specify how many times a second a timer will get fired off.

As an example if I have this in my config file.
queryPerSecond = “5”
This indicates that the user wants this to happen 5 times a second.

queryPerSecond=“18”
This indicates that the user wants this to happen 18 times a second.

At runtime I am pulling this setting, converting it to a float.
I know that there are 1000 milliseconds in 1 second.

What is the math to figure this out?? I’ve tried dividing by various numbers, multiplying by various numbers, but… It’s being painfully elusive!

I know… This should be super easy. Like I said. My brain is shot today. Been jamming on C++ code for days.

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Do you want this in C++?

Or you’re okay with BP like EVERYNONE just showed you?

Can you take a screenshot of your C++ if it is the case that it needs to be in C++?

I haven’t done Unreal in C++, so I’m not sure what the format is.

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Hi Everynone, Leymerya.

Thanks for chiming in, I really appreciate it! I got it… Sometimes you just have to walk away from it all and come back fresh the next day… For some reason I was fixated on dealing with milliseconds, and thinking to myself they needed to be calculated in somehow, making it more difficult than it was.

Here is what I came up with and it seems to be working the way I need…

float hertz = 5.0f;
float runRate = 1.0f / hertz;
_world->GetTimerManager().SetTimer( _timerHandle, this, &ThisClass::SomeFunc; runRate, 1.0f );

Hertz is actually stored in my DefaultGame.ini and using Unreal’s settings functionality to pull it out… But you get the drift. :slight_smile:

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