What is wrong with this code? popup targets + this code makes my game lag

[gopgop 1]

_rtarget = _this select 0;
_j = 0;
while (_j<5) {
if (_rtarget animationPhase "terc" > 0.1) then {
_rtarget animate["terc", 1];
_j = _j+1;
};};

i have a target that initiates with this animate["terc",1];

then when you get close to it using a trigger it calls target animate["terc",0] then calls this script

like so: _nil = target execVM "target.sqf";

all i want to happen is that after the target comes up when the player shoots it it will stay down. after i shoot it it goes down then back up...

and it lags the game..

[hellfire257 3]

Add a sleep into the while loop.

[PELHAM 10]

private ["_j","_rtarget"];
_rtarget = _this select 0;
_j = 0;
while {_j<=5} do {
if (_rtarget animationPhase "terc" > 0.1) then {
_rtarget animate["terc", 1];
_j = _j+1;
sleep 1;//change to whatever delay you need, this is 1 second.
};
};

Lots of Syntax errors - corrected.

Also do you need a sleep in there or it executes too fast? Not sure why it would cause significant lag as it only executes 5X (unless it was syntax errors?), you might have something wrong somewhere else?

Edited April 9, 2012 by PELHAM

[twirly 11]

I have uploaded a little test mission for you here.....

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?923u2052lkc0w37

Targets can stay down, stay up....or popup.

Edited April 9, 2012 by twirly
Fixed link

[gopgop 1]

private ["_j","_rtarget"];
_rtarget = _this select 0;
_j = 0;
while {_j<=5} do {
if (_rtarget animationPhase "terc" > 0.1) then {
_rtarget animate["terc", 1];
_j = _j+1;
sleep 1;//change to whatever delay you need, this is 1 second.
};
};

can someone just make this that when it is executed using a trigger then if the target goes down, then it will stay down...

[f2k sel 163]

Try

private ["_j","_rtarget"];

nopop=true;

_rtarget = _this select 0;
_j = 0;
while {_j<=5} do {
if (_rtarget animationPhase "terc" > 0.1) then {
_rtarget animate["terc", 1];
_j = _j+1;
sleep 1;//change to whatever delay you need, this is 1 second.
};
};