While loop runs just once

[MichaelGER 10]

part of the code:

_timedone = 0;
_timestep = (planttime/100);

while {(alive _caller) && ((_caller distance _com) < plantdistance) && (_timedone < planttime) && (alive _com)} do
{
_timedone = _timedone + _timestep;
if (debug) then
{
	diag_log _timedone;
};

if (isMultiplayer) then
{
	[nil,nil,rHINT, format ["%1 percent",_timedone]] call RE;
} else {
hint format ["%1 percent",_timedone];
};
sleep _timestep;
};

The planttime is 30 seconds.

The while loop runs once (hint tells me 0.3 percent) but then it stops. Altough im still alive, at the same position,.... it stops after the first loop.

the script is called via addaction. the action is added to the com.

_com = _this select 0;
_caller = _this select 1;

any ideas why the loop runs just once?

[kylania 546]

What is plantdistance? And what is this supposed to be doing?

[zapat 52]

what is platdistance? I mean I know what it should be, but what is it really?

edit: lol, Kylania needed 2 mins less to read it. :)

[MichaelGER 10]

plantdistance is just a var that has the value 5. is just means that the caller of the action must be closer than 5 meters to the com.

[sbsmac 0]

Are you sure you are allowed to sleep in an action ? You might want to spawn rather than call that code. Anything in the rpt file ?

[zapat 52]

Why don't you output by a hint the elements of the three conditions after sleep and see what their values are?

(You can also check if sleep works at all. :))

[MichaelGER 10]

Not sure with the sleep. Is there a difference between a script that is called via addaction and a normal exec(VM)?

No errors in the .rpt. And squint also cant find an error.

E: @zapat:

while waiting for answers ive done that.

diag_log [(alive _caller),((_caller distance _com) < plantdistance),(_timedone < planttime),(alive _com)];

result is:

[bool,bool,true,true]

[zapat 52]

Returns "bool" if the object doesn't exists...

Should be true,true,true,true, so passing _com and _caller not succeeded. Where have you put _com = ... and _caller=... ?

(And I use sleep in sqf called by addAction, and it works the same as a execVM sqf for me.)

Edited October 4, 2010 by zapat

[MichaelGER 10]

E: nvmd

changed _caller to player fixed it :)

thx for help guys.

Edited October 4, 2010 by MichaelGER