Timers

[Morgan]

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.

[spyderbytes]

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.

[Morgan]

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.