Pausing a for statement
by Tim Heldna · in Torque Game Engine · 07/28/2006 (8:47 am) · 6 replies
Is there a way in TS to pause a 'for' statement on each loop, without using a schedule?
Perhaps a 'wait' command or similar?
So if my 'for' statement ran for a total of 5 cycles, it would pause for 5 seconds (or however long I needed it to) after each increment.
Example:
This would echo "loop 1" to the console, wait for five seconds then echo "loop 2" and so on.
Perhaps a 'wait' command or similar?
So if my 'for' statement ran for a total of 5 cycles, it would pause for 5 seconds (or however long I needed it to) after each increment.
Example:
function testLoop()
{
for (%i = 1; %i <= 5; %i++)
{
echo("loop "@%i);
wait(5000);
}
} This would echo "loop 1" to the console, wait for five seconds then echo "loop 2" and so on.
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#2
07/28/2006 (9:09 am)
K, thanks. 
#3
but of course, absolutely nothing would happen during the sleep.
no engine processing, no rendering, no network processing, etc,
so it's probably not what you want.
07/28/2006 (9:25 am)
You could expose platform::sleep() to script,but of course, absolutely nothing would happen during the sleep.
no engine processing, no rendering, no network processing, etc,
so it's probably not what you want.
#4
At the moment I'm looping between two functions with a schedule which is working fine, it's just a little messy for my liking.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
07/28/2006 (9:40 am)
No, platform::sleep() isn't what I want. Nor is $timescale.At the moment I'm looping between two functions with a schedule which is working fine, it's just a little messy for my liking.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
#5
I'd think you could do something like:
07/28/2006 (11:03 am)
Why two functions?I'd think you could do something like:
function slowFor(%pause, %i, %callback) {
echo ("loop " @ %i);
%i++;
if (%i <= 5) {
schedule(%pause, 0, slowFor, %pause, %i, %callback);
}
}
#6
I'm doing a target range if anyone was wondering. I have it all working quite flawlessly. I'm now going through the process of condensing my code wherever I can. Thus the enquiry about a pause-able 'for' statement.
I have to show you a picture of the target. It's a classic! The guy is wearing happy pants and the hair, well take a look for yourself.
07/28/2006 (11:28 am)
Thanks Cliff, I tried that segment of code with no joy. I'm doing a target range if anyone was wondering. I have it all working quite flawlessly. I'm now going through the process of condensing my code wherever I can. Thus the enquiry about a pause-able 'for' statement.
I have to show you a picture of the target. It's a classic! The guy is wearing happy pants and the hair, well take a look for yourself.
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