Timers

Author	Topic: Timers
Morgan Shaper Member # 22	written Wednesday, April 28 2004 09:07 Profile #0 Are timers in any way possible in BoA? The most obvious way, as I saw it, was to do the following - inc_flag(0,0,1); if(get_flag(0,0) == 5) { code chunk } break; Unfortunately, when I put this in the START_STATE in a town script, it tells me I have an improper command. I figured this was because the game thought I was creating an eternal loop (though I wasn't - the code I'm using is a bit more complex then that), but I'm not entirely sure what to do about it. I also tried it with variables. Any ideas for making this work, or an alternative timer? Scrap that. I found me a workaround - beginstate START_STATE; if(get_flag(180,1) == 0) { timer = get_current_tick(); set_flag(180,1,1); } if((get_current_tick()) == (timer + 6)) { add_dialog_str(0,"This is working",0); add_dialog_choice(0,"Done"); run_dialog(0); } break; Where timer is (obviously) a variable. [ Wednesday, April 28, 2004 09:28: Message edited by: Morgan ] Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00
spyderbytes Shock Trooper Member # 4180	written Wednesday, April 28 2004 11:01 Profile #1 If I'm understanding you correctly, and you're wanting an event that happens every nth tick, an alternative would be: if ((get_current_tick() % n) == 0) { // do stuff here } (where n is the number of ticks between occurences). Of course, that doesn't allow you to start on a particular tick and then every nth one after that... it just hits every nth one starting with the next multiple of n. -------------------- -spyderbytes Posts: 200 | Registered: Wednesday, March 31 2004 08:00
Morgan Shaper Member # 22	written Wednesday, April 28 2004 12:45 Profile #2 No - it's linking into a creature script, where the monster teleports away for five turns, then returns. Your's would be better alternatively, though. Posts: 2862 | Registered: Tuesday, October 2 2001 07:00