Scripting Timers

cconner_aie · Post by **cconner_aie** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 1:55 pm

Hello,

I would like to use timers in for the glow and start sequence on our engine, however, I'd like to keep it all in a script if possible. I've looked through some examples and they all seem to use state machines.

In a perfect world I'd love to be able to just call,

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Delay(1000); // stop script for 1 sec

but I don't see anything.

I found this,

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ScreenPanMapData panInfo;
panInfo.XValue = 450.0f;
panInfo.YValue = 123.0f;
panInfo.PanType = 0; // 0 = Pixels, 1 = Degrees, 2 = Lon (x) / Lat (y) Direct
SendActionObject(ApplicationIDs.Screen, ActionIDs.Screen_PanMap, @panInfo);
SendAction(ApplicationIDs.Screen, ActionIDs.Screen_Process, ActionData.Empty );

So in theory, I would assume I can use SendAction() to the CCM and use the timer with this,

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ActionData data;
... // assign action data here
SendAction(ApplicationIDs.CCM, ActionIDs.CCM_Start_Timer, @data);

I have a timer created,

And I can access it using TimerIDs.tmr_wait, but I don't know the proper syntax to bind that with ActionData.

Also, is there a way to have this pause the script or do I have to specify a callback function (or whatever AngelScripts equivelant is) and have that handle the code after the timer runs out?

Thank you,

stalley · Post by **stalley** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 2:17 pm

Hello,

With the release of 2.8 PowerVision, we have the ability to change the duration of timer times and we can start/cancel event timers in scripts.

The syntax is:

Given an event timer - TimerVar
SendAction(ApplicationIDs.CCM, ActionIDs.CCM_Start_Timer, TimerIDs.TimerVar);

When the TimerVar time has elapsed, the event associated with the TimerVar will be fired. This is not the same as delay();, the control is different but you should be able work off of the fired event.

You just need to make friends with the state machines... ;-)

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