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CreateThread

Description​

Creates a new thread using the specified function name as the entry point. The function name must be passed as a string (e.g. "T_Thread", not T_Thread). The named function must exist in the script's environment.

function CreateThread(funcName) --[[ ... ]] end

Parameters​

  • funcName: string - The name of the function to run in the new thread.

Return Values​

None.

Example​

function main()
    -- all your code goes here
    MyThread = CreateThread("ActionThread")
    -- any leftover code goes here
end

function ActionThread()
    -- this is the thread that will run in the background
    while true do
        -- do something here, like checking a condition or performing an action
        print("ActionThread is running...")
        Wait(0)  -- waiting 0 seconds so that your game won't run out of memory
    end
end

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