Sleep doesn't work

[mossman1223 1]

For some reason when I try to run scripts from within the mission editor the "sleep" command doesn't work.

sleep 5; 
hint "This message should display 5 seconds after this script is executed.";

The above code displays the hint immediately, ignoring the sleep command. Any idea why?

---------- Post added at 17:34 ---------- Previous post was at 17:17 ----------

So I just figured out that when I try

[] spawn {
sleep 5; 
hint "This message should display 5 seconds after this script is executed.";
};

the script works.

Why is this? What does this 'spawn' command do, and why didn't the sleep function work to begin with?

[lappihuan 178]

This thread explains it very well ;)

[super-truite 54]

I guess that when you execute code from a trigger for instance, it is like using "call". Which forbids the use of "sleep". there are some subtleties though: see the notes at the bottom of the Biki page for "call".

PS: I don't understand the concept of non-scheduled/scheduled environment discussed in the above-mentionned page. Anyone?