How would you delay something in a script

[bloxmaster]

Hello, could someone tell me how you would delay something in a script?

[Ad Bot]

[phflack]

schedule(time, 0, function name, args);

/find phflack, delayed by 1.5 seconds, would be
(commandtoserver(find, phflack);)
schedule(1500, 0, commandtoserver, find, phflack);

[bloxmaster]

Ok, Thank you.

[Nexus]

as a terrible alternative:

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function pause(%x)
{
     %start = getrealtime();

     while(getrealtime() - %start < %x)
          continue;
     echo("done.");
}


[Greek2me]

as a terrible alternative:

Note to OP: Do not use this, it would cause the server to hang until it's finished.

[elm]

as a terrible alternative:

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function pause(%x)
{
     %start = getrealtime();

     while(getrealtime() - %start < %x)
          continue;
     echo("done.");
}


= lag the main thread!

[Kalphiter]

Knows all about the main thread...

someone's alt?

[Greek2me]

Knows all about the main thread...

someone's alt?

We've established that already.

[phflack]

do you even need the continue? or could you just have empty brackets?

[elm]

do you even need the continue? or could you just have empty brackets?

Empty.

[phflack]

so, what's the point of continue then?
how can it be used where {} can't be?

[elm]

Well, if you're asking in general, how continue is used, here is an example:

function aiPlayer::findClosestPlayer(%this)
{
   %tp = %this.position;
   %temp = 0;
   
   for(%i=0;%i<clientGroup.getCount();%i++)
   {
      %c = clientGroup.getObject(%i);
      %cp = %c.player;
      
      if(!isObject(%cp)) continue;
      
      %ps = %cp.position;
      %vd = vectorDist(%tp,%ps);
      %tvd = vectorDist(%temp.position,%tp);
      
      if(%temp $= "0")
         %temp = %cp;
      else
      if(%vd < %tvd)
         %temp = %cp;
         
   }

   return %temp;
}

If the client does not have a player, it just goes back to the top, and doesnt run any code below it.

[Treynolds416]

so, what's the point of continue then?
how can it be used where {} can't be?

Continue lets you skip 1 iteration of a while or for loop. In Elm's code, this would do the exact same thing as continue:

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if(isObject(%cp))
{
    //remaining code
}In my opinion it's better to use just because it's one line and isn't tedious, and you're using for the exact purpose it was created for

[phflack]

oh right, the skip thing, forgot about that
seems like everything could be done without it though

[Ipquarx]

oh right, the skip thing, forgot about that
seems like everything could be done without it though

Not without some sort of a goto, no.