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"Wait" function?

by Orion the Hunter · in Torque Game Builder · 01/01/2013 (10:23 am) · 5 replies

Hello,

does anyone have an idea for a wait function? I mean something like this:

function eatIceCream()
{
playAnimation(Chomp);
Wait(3000); //Milliseconds
iceCream.safeDelete();
}

Rather than use a function like:

[code]function eatIceCream()
{
playAnimation(Chomp);
schedule(3000, "eatIceCreamPart2");
}

function eatIceCreamPart2()
{
iceCream.safeDelete();
}

I just want a non-messy alternative so I don't have to make new functions. I know Squirrel code has this... does torque script?
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Associate Chris Haigler
Jester Dance
#1
01/01/2013 (12:05 pm)
Just schedule the call to safeDelete() directly, no need to wrap another function around it:

iceCream.schedule(3000, "safeDelete");

Orion the Hunter
Fritterflames
#2
01/01/2013 (5:20 pm)
Thanks! How would I go about doing this in a schedule?

iceCream.safeDelete(30);

Associate Chris Haigler
Jester Dance
#3
01/01/2013 (5:50 pm)
What's the '30' being used for? You can pass in parameters to scheduled functions/methods like so:

myObject.schedule(3000, someFunction, param1, param2, etc...);

Orion the Hunter
Fritterflames
#4
01/01/2013 (6:05 pm)
The thirty was a placeholder. It could determine the speed or something. I was using the whole "icecream" thing as an example.

Associate Chris Haigler
Jester Dance
#5
01/02/2013 (11:25 am)
Ah, gotcha. Then yep, use:

myObject.schedule(<timeInMs>, <functionToCall>, <param1>, <param2>, ...);