How to loop a lua function?

[hexef]

The code I wrote below is for respawning a npc:

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function respawn_the_npc(npc)
npc_respawn_after_death(npc,true)
end

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In-game,when killed,the npc respawns with no problems but only for one time.How can I make this function loop forever and make it stop whenever I want?I can already respawn the npc for an infinite amount of time,so I just use this:

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function respawn_the_npc(npc)
npc_respawn_after_death(npc,true)
on_respawn("respawn_the_npc_loop",npc)
end

function respawn_the_npc_loop(npc)
npc_respawn_after_death(npc,true)
end

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I can do an infinite respawn loop using what I typed above but it doesn't seem too polished and I want to make the first function I wrote from above to loop.I heard about thread_yield or something like that,but I have no clue,could someone help me with this please?It's for my SR2 missions project,I'm like 70% done.

Knowing how to use threads will tremendously help me to make the SR2 missions for my mod much better.

 

[hexef]

*bump*

And does anyone have an idea of how to find out the name of a mesh or object?I have some objects I want to remove(doors) from a mission but I can't find out its name.