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PostPosted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 5:45 pm    Post subject: Timed event Reply with quote
I want an event to happen every hour, but I'm not sure how to make that work. I don't want to have to write this:
Code:
if (((Hours of play)>=1),or,((hours of play)>=2)),or,etc...
then,
(
script
)
end

Help plz?
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PostPosted: Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:09 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
you want set timer
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:02 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
James Paige wrote:
you want set timer


Thanks James Awesome Paige, but I'm not sure I understand the "speed" parameter in set timer.
Could anyone please explain it?
Much appreciated
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
Speed refers to the rate that the 'Count' decreases in ticks.

So a speed of 16 (Roughly one second) means that your 'Count' will go down by one with each second.
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
So basically, if I want it to count down 1 second every second (real-time) then I set speed to 16?
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 7:15 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
speed is the number of game ticks to count off.

If I wanted something to happen after 10 game ticks, I would probably write

Code:

set timer(1, 1, 10, @something)


This would set up timer #1 to wait for one block of 10 ticks.

However, If I wanted something to happen after 60 seconds, I might write this:

Code:

set timer(1, 60, 18, @something)


This would cause timer #1 to wait for 60 blocks of about 1 second (18 game ticks is one second)

Another way to think of it is: "count times speed equals total ticks to wait".
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PostPosted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 4:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
James Paige wrote:
speed is the number of game ticks to count off.

If I wanted something to happen after 10 game ticks, I would probably write

Code:

set timer(1, 1, 10, @something)


This would set up timer #1 to wait for one block of 10 ticks.

However, If I wanted something to happen after 60 seconds, I might write this:

Code:

set timer(1, 60, 18, @something)


This would cause timer #1 to wait for 60 blocks of about 1 second (18 game ticks is one second)

Another way to think of it is: "count times speed equals total ticks to wait".


Thanks! it's working perfectly! I used this for the day/night feature in Xerion. You can see it in the DEMO
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