Schedule timers

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Follow Set up gameplay actions before running this Lua example.

return { Start = function()
  Timer.after(2, function() print("delayed") end)
  local repeating = Timer.every(0.5, function() print("tick") end, 4)
  repeating.pause()
  repeating.resume()
  -- repeating.cancel() prevents subsequent delivery.
end }

Timer.every(interval, callback, count?) requires a positive interval/count. Omit count to repeat until cancelled. Large frame deltas preserve leftover time and may queue several ticks. Infinite zero-duration action loops fail within a bounded step budget. Callback execution itself is still subject to the language runtime's budget/deadline; keep callbacks short.