I was going to say 'no.' but then I didn't when I realised that if I did it would make way too much sense.

Just make a variable and if variable%120==0 then make prot

(My lua is bad thats persuocode) (It's 120 since the fps is 60 I'm not sure get jacob1)

I made something,but it might not be what you mean. it releases a steady amount, but keeps the numbers emitted down so that it's not flooding the screen.

http://pastebin.com/2ziEE0iD

or did you mean every 2 seconds every particle would release one?

Even better, you could use the os.clock() function to get how many seconds have elapsed.

Actually, now that I think about it, that's maybe not as good an idea, then it would behave differently for different users. It would still be a good idea to add a little randomization, maybe:

Feynman YA beat me, the only other way is to base it of frame rate(in witch I should have read the previous comments before posting :P)

FeynmanLogomaker:

Even better, you could use the os.clock() function to get how many seconds have elapsed.

 

Actually, now that I think about it, that's maybe not as good an idea, then it would behave differently for different users. It would still be a good idea to add a little randomization, maybe:

 

local frame, lapse = 0, 120
function uran_update_function(i, x, y, s, n)
    frame = frame + 1
    if frame % lapse == 0 then
        make_a_particle(stuff, x + math.random(-2,2), y + math.random(-2,2))
        lapse = math.floor(math.random(60, 180))
    end
end


 seems to be similar but cleaner- though depending on what particle you emit(prot,for example), there will be a LOT of that particle on screen

boxmein:

@FeynmanLogomaker (View Post)
I suppose it's better off to make this reaction frame-based as well, since the entirety of TPT operates on frames, however in other cases I'd use your time-based method to accomplish this.

how do you get frame btw?