exports.scoreboard:scoreboardAddColumn ( "Alive time", root, 50 )

function resetAliveTime( p )
	setElementData( p, "Alive time", "00:00" )
end

function getAliveTime( p )
	return getElementData( p, "Alive time" )
end

addEventHandler( "onPlayerSpawn", root,
	function( p )
		resetAliveTime( source )
	end
)

addEventHandler( "onPlayerWasted", root,
	function( )
		resetAliveTime( source )
	end
)

function timers( )
-- function update timers

	for i, v in ipairs( getElementsByType( "player" ) ) do

		if isPedDead( v ) == false then

			local aliveTime = split( getAliveTime( v ), ":" )
			--outputChatBox( getAliveTime( v )..outputChatBox( tostring( aliveTime ) ) )
			local minutes, seconds = unpack( aliveTime )

			local minutes = tonumber( minutes )

			local seconds = tonumber( seconds ) + 1

			if seconds == 60 then
				minutes = minutes + 1
				seconds = 0
			else
				seconds = seconds + 1
			end

			local string = convertTime( minutes, seconds )

			setElementData( v, "Alive time", string )
		end
	end
end

addEventHandler( "onResourceStart", resourceRoot,

	function( )
		for i, v in ipairs( getElementsByType( "player" ) ) do
			if isPedDead( v )== false then
				resetAliveTime( v )
				setTimer( timers, 1000, 0 )
			end
		end
	end
)

function convertTime( minutes, seconds )
	if minutes < 10 then
		minutes = "0"..tostring( minutes )
	end

	if seconds < 10 then
		seconds = "0"..tostring( seconds )
	end

	return tostring( minutes )..":"..tostring( seconds )
end