the old anoying loop question

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

I want this loop to end after 10 seconds, then the camera should move to a different position, can you add an example line please (this would be easier for me then explaining it with lots of "X stands for" and "y represents").

Quote[/b] ]titlecut ["","Black in",10]

_camera = "camera" camcreate [0,0,0]

startcount=true

setacctime 0.5

_delay = _time + 10.0

#loop

_camera cameraeffect ["internal", "back"]

_camera camsettarget plane1

_camera camPrepareFOV 1.384

_camera camsetrelpos [0,5,-0.5]

_camera camcommit 0

? (endplaneview) : goto "nextstep" (<--- what the hell is this?) how does it work?)

goto "loop"

Thanks, much appreciated. And dont be suprised that a member with 6000 posts doesnt know these basics.  

[tophe 69]

I'm just aiming from the hip here...

But shouldn't it work to change the _camera camcommit 0 to _camera camcommit 10 and remove the loop.

Try it.

I'm no good at this but would try it...

[Guest]

Maybe this is useless, thought u were asking for a loop script example, re-read your post, and it seems this may not be what your looking for, either way, if this helps or not, heres a simple loop example using a 1 second delay, sorry for the misunderstanding

_LoopTimeout = 0

#beginLoop

~1

_LoopTimeout = (_LoopTimeout + 1)

;some bunch of script this loop performs

player sidechat format ["loop time equals %1",_LoopTimeout]

?_LoopTimeout > 9:goto "NextArea"

goto "beginLoop"

#NextArea

player sidechat "10 seconds has passed, moved to next area"

Exit

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

looks usable

Quote[/b] ]

titlecut ["","Black in",10]

_camera = "camera" camcreate [0,0,0]

startcount=true

setacctime 0.5

_delay = _time + 10.0

#loop

_camera cameraeffect ["internal", "back"]

_camera camsettarget plane1

_camera camPrepareFOV 1.384

_camera camsetrelpos [0,5,-0.5]

_camera camcommit 0

?_LoopTimeout > 9:goto "NextArea"

goto "loop"

;=== 23:32:46

#NextArea

_camera camPrepareTarget [-88709.64,-4921.25,48.76]

_camera camPreparePos [10694.68,5977.43,1.97]

_camera camPrepareFOV 0.700

_camera camCommitPrepared 0

@camCommitted _camera

does that look like a usuable script? The loop doesnt end though!

Thanks to both of you!

[killswitch 19]

Trimming off some of the unused variables, one might end up with something like the following. It's thoroughly untested and written late in the evening, so...

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">titleCut ["","BLACK IN",10]

_camera = "Camera" camCreate [0,0,0]

_accelFactor = 0.5

setAccTime _accelFactor

; This will keep the loop going until ~10 "wall clock" seconds have passed

_delayUntil = _time + 10.0*_accelFactor

#loop

~0.01

_camera cameraEffect ["INTERNAL", "BACK"]

_camera camSetTarget plane1

_camera camPrepareFOV 1.384

_camera camSetRelPos [0,5,-0.5]

_camera camCommit 0

?_time < _delayUntil: goto "loop"

; Do whatever comes next...

Hope it helps!

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

titlecut ["","Black in",10]

_camera = "camera" camcreate [0,0,0]

startcount=true

setacctime 0.5

_LoopTimeout = 0

#beginLoop

~0.001

_LoopTimeout = (_LoopTimeout + 1)

_camera cameraeffect ["internal", "back"]

_camera camsettarget plane1

_camera camPrepareFOV 1.384

_camera camsetrelpos [0,5,-0.5]

_camera camcommit 0

player sidechat format ["loop time equals %1",_LoopTimeout]

?_LoopTimeout > 100:goto "NextArea"

goto "beginLoop"

#NextArea

_camera camPrepareTarget [-88709.64,-4921.25,48.76]

_camera camPreparePos [10694.68,5977.43,1.97]

_camera camPrepareFOV 0.700

_camera camCommitPrepared 0

@camCommitted _camera

This works!!! Just need to disable radio

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

Quote[/b] ]titlecut ["","Black in",10]

_camera = "camera" camcreate [0,0,0]

_accelFactor = 0.5

setAccTime _accelFactor

; This will keep the loop going until ~10 "wall clock" seconds have passed

_delayUntil = _time + 10.0*_accelFactor

#loop

~0.01

_camera cameraEffect ["INTERNAL", "BACK"]

_camera camSetTarget plane1

_camera camPrepareFOV 1.384

_camera camSetRelPos [0,5,-0.5]

_camera camCommit 0

?_time < _delayUntil: goto "loop"

; Do whatever comes next...

#NextArea

_camera camPrepareTarget [-88709.64,-4921.25,48.76]

_camera camPreparePos [10694.68,5977.43,1.97]

_camera camPrepareFOV 0.700

_camera camCommitPrepared 0

@camCommitted _camera

And this works too! Great job both of you!

If I only knew what this stands for.

_accelFactor = 0.5

[Balschoiw 0]

Quote[/b] ]_accelFactor = 0.5

Variable for

Quote[/b] ]setAccTime _accelFactor

0.5 means that your scene is played in slow motion, half of the regular playback speed.

[killswitch 19]

If I only knew what this stands for.

_accelFactor = 0.5

I introduced that variable as a matter of convenience. Here's the relevant code part again:

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">_accelFactor = 0.5

setAccTime _accelFactor

; This will keep the loop going until ~10 "wall clock" seconds have passed

_delayUntil = _time + 10.0*_accelFactorOne could also write this as

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">setAccTime = 0.5

; This will keep the loop going until ~10 "wall clock" seconds have passed

_delayUntil = _time + 10*0.5or even

<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE">setAccTime = 0.5

; This will keep the loop going until ~10 "wall clock" seconds have passed

_delayUntil = _time + 5All three will get you the same result. Using the variable lets you try out different time acceleration factors by only changing the _accelFactor value. The _delayUntil time is then calculated automatically.

[Albert Schweitzer 10]

perfect, the mission seems to work now. And I fully understood your explanations.