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getFireRemainingTime

Shared
NEON APIManaged fire

Available in Neon, not standard MTA

Returns how long a managed fire still has to burn, in milliseconds.

Syntax

int|false getFireRemainingTime(fire theFire)

Arguments

theFirefire

Managed fire element.

Returns

The remaining time in milliseconds, or false when the element is not a managed fire.

Ownership and lifecycle

A managed fire is an element owned by the resource that created it, so stopping that resource extinguishes its fires. Server-created fires are synchronized to every client, and lifetime is tracked as relative remaining time so a client joining mid-burn receives what is left.

Important behavior
  • Lifetime is tracked as relative remaining time, so a client joining mid-burn receives what is left rather than a restarted fire.

Where this comes from

SOURCECLuaFireDefs.cppClient/mods/deathmatch/logic/luadefs/CLuaFireDefs.cpp and Server/mods/deathmatch/logic/luadefs/CLuaFireDefs.cpp INTRODUCED / EXTENDEDd82ce28aaRead the commit and why the change was made TEST RESOURCE fire-test test-resources/fire-test
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Continue exploring

Read the system guide →
createFire Creates a managed fire element when given an options table, or the original native GTA fire otherwise. extinguishFire Destroys one managed fire element, in addition to the standard radius and no-argument forms. getFireStrength Returns the strength multiplier of a managed fire.

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