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C++ schedule method?.

by Peterjohn Griffiths · in Torque Game Engine · 09/18/2006 (5:54 pm) · 10 replies

Hi,
I havn't touched C++ in a long time and I want to schedule the calling of a function 1 second later.
In torque script I would use 
//Schedule(millisecs, eventDependsOnThis, functionname)
Schedule(1000, 0, "PlayNextDemoCall");
I have tried google and the like but can't find what i'm after.
Many thanks
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Torque Owner Gary "ChunkyKs" Briggs
#1
09/18/2006 (6:20 pm)
Try checking simBase.cc for
ConsoleFunction(schedule, S32, 4, 0, "schedule(time, refobject|0, command, )")
and
ConsoleMethod(SimObject,schedule, S32, 4, 0, "object.schedule(time, command, );")

Also, look in simBase.h for SimEvent:
Quote:
/// Sim provides an event queue for your convenience, which
/// can be used to schedule events. A few things which use
/// this event queue:

You won't find the information on google because google shouldn't be able to index the source to torque, anywhere, ever :-)

Gary (-;

Torque Owner Peterjohn Griffiths
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#2
09/18/2006 (7:12 pm)
I thought this would be a c++ native function?.

Associate Kyle Carter
#3
09/18/2006 (7:17 pm)
Schedule a SimEvent. You'll have to subclass it appropriately, of course. schedule uses SimConsoleEvent, which is a subclass of SimEvent.

(Of course - easiest thing to do would be as Gary suggested and read over how schedule actually works. :)

Torque Owner Stefan Lundmark
#4
09/19/2006 (6:59 am)
Or if you're lazy like me.

Con::executef ( 4, "schedule", 1000, 0, "function" );

Torque Owner Gary "ChunkyKs" Briggs
#5
09/19/2006 (11:17 am)
Quote:Or if you're lazy like me.

That's pretty lazy.

Associate Kyle Carter
#6
09/19/2006 (11:23 am)
Hey, whatever works for people, right? :P

If it's already exposed to script that's not too bad an idea, obviously if you expose something to script justs so you can schedule it you might not be doing the smartest thing. ;)

Torque Owner Peterjohn Griffiths
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#7
09/19/2006 (2:22 pm)
Isn't there anything supported natively by c++ itself?.
This is possible in other languages.

Torque Owner Badguy
#8
09/19/2006 (2:42 pm)
C++ is not a programming API
it is a Language.

there is nothing in the standard library that does anything like this.

Associate Kyle Carter
#9
09/19/2006 (2:59 pm)
You can use SimEvent to get there. C++ has no native assumptions about time (it's a systems programming language after all - what good is a language for implementing a time service if it already has to have one to run?! :), so we solved it in context of Torque.

Torque Owner Josh Moore
#10
09/19/2006 (3:11 pm)
Quote:Or if you're lazy like me.

Con::executef ( 4, "schedule", 1000, 0, "function" );

Classic!