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scheduler

Library

Contains functions to interact with the raw task scheduler.

Types​

SchedulerJobName​

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type SchedulerJobName = "RenderJob" | "WaitingHybridScriptsJob" | "ModelMeshJob" | "GcJob" | "HeartbeatTask" | "PhysicsJob" | "PathUpdateJob" | "NavigationJob" | "GenericDataModelJob" | "HttpRbxApiJob"

Functions​

connectprestep​

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scheduler.connectprestep(
jobName: SchedulerJobName,
callback: (T...) → U...
) → SchedulerJobStepConnection

Connects a function to run before a step of the specified job is run.

Callback Note

The callback you provide CANNOT yield or block the thread, or you will block the roblox main thread.

Errors

TypeDescription
Unknown JobThis job doesn't exist or is not supported.

connectpoststep​

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scheduler.connectpoststep(
jobName: SchedulerJobName,
callback: (T...) → U...
) → SchedulerJobStepConnection

Connects a function to run after a step of the specified job is run.

Callback Note

The callback you provide CANNOT yield or block the thread, or you will block the roblox main thread.

Errors

TypeDescription
Unknown JobThis job doesn't exist or is not supported.
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