DEVELOPERS! I have a simple question about Unreal Script.

[KewlAzMe]

I need to know the command for wait or delay. I want to delay an action by 1 second. For example... when i hit a button, I want there to be a 1 second delay before its action. Is there a command? or will i have to make a timer function. Do any of you happen to have a simple timer function?

[Thwark]

Technical forum pls thx

[Curunir]

Technical forum pls thx

Wow... Maybe he is leaving. He doesn't even finish his sentences anymore...

[KewlAzMe]

nah he finished it.. you just have to learn how to speak "thwarkanese"

Technical forum pls thx

translation"

Post these kinds of topics on the technical forum kewlazme you dumbass.

[The_Dan]

Hmm, it always helps to know exactly what you're trying to achieve, but if you want to wait for a defined period of seconds, the Timer function is normally best.

[KewlAzMe]

Hmm, it always helps to know exactly what you're trying to achieve, but if you want to wait for a defined period of seconds, the Timer function is normally best.

can you give me a simple little loops that waits 5 secs and then exits?

I want to run a timer () in the middle of another script..so i want to call that function.. loop for 5 seconds..then exit and return to the script. I dont know UScript that good yet but ive narrowed a problem down that needs a timer and I figured its just syntax that im missing.

[Bloody-Reaper]

Dispatcher owns j001

[The_Dan]

Ooh, just noticed:

Sleep( TimeInSeconds );

Pretty self-explanitory

Thx to BR, for pointing that one out.

[KewlAzMe]

Sweet! thanks.

-EDIT- Im getting "Sleep is not allowed here" error. I tried putting it in an 'If' function..and outside an 'if' function. Neither of them were "allowed". Are there special areas I have to put them?
[code:1:0d1d098660]
sleep(10);
if(blah != None)
{
Testvariable = nochange;

if (blurg == None)
ChangedBlah();
sleep(4);
else if ( Blurg != nochange )
ChangedBlurg();
sleep(5);
}[/code:1:0d1d098660]

Thats an example of a function Im trying to use it in.

[!eduDageM]

I always seem to get "sleep is not allowed here errors" in pubs and clubs around closing time.

[The_Dan]

Hmm, I'm too tired to work out why that doesn't work, so I'll just leave this method aswell:

SetTimer(x , false);

will cause the Timer function to be called in x seconds time

& then use:

function Timer() {
//Script goes here
}


to define what will happen after x seconds

[KewlAzMe]

hmm.. ok ill try that method....ill keep u info'd

[ElJoelio]

Sleep() is a latent function, which mean you can only call it from within in State code, e.g.:

[code:1:f66f3d70b3]
state DoSomething
{
function FunkyFunction()
{
// Your code here
}

function LesserFunkyFunction()
{
// Your code here
}

Begin:
FunkyFunction();
Sleep(5);
LesserFunkyFunction();
}
[/code:1:f66f3d70b3]

That will call the first function, wait 5 seconds, then call the 2nd function. Normal execution will continue while Sleep() is waiting.

If you're serious about unrealscripting, I suggest reading this (http://unreal.epicgames.com/UnrealScript.htm) document.

[KewlAzMe]

Thanks Joelio.. yea that link is the first thing I looked at when searching for the sleep function but i just scanned thru it and didnt see any wait or sleep function mentioned so I wasn't sure what the syntax was.