17 replies to this topic

[mystman12]

I was wondering how to delay the script. Like, make it so that when I shoot a scoop, it waits a second before shooting it out. I don't want to use timers, I just want a script command, and WScript.Sleep doesn't seem to work. Any Help?

[arngrim]

Which script r u talking about??

[mystman12]

Future Pinball uses VBScript.

[Bob5453]

Why wouldn't you want to use a timer? The Table logic is scripted in Visual Basic Scripting, not vbscript, I'm not a programmer, but maybe that is your problem.  Or maybe not. I don't know.

[mystman12]

We'll, it's just kind of annoying to use timers. It would be nice if I could just say:

 

Sub Kicker_Hit

   Wait 1000

   Kicker.SolenoidPulse

End Sub

 

instead of:

 

Sub Kicker_Hit

   KickerTimer.Set TRUE

End Sub

 

Sub KickerTimer_Expired

   Kicker.SolenoidPulse

   KickerTimer.Set FALSE

End Sub

 

It would just be a lot more convenient. Oh, and I also thought VBScript was the same as Visual Basic Script. Is there a difference?

[faralos]

taken verbatim off the wikipedia site

VBScript (Visual Basic Scripting Edition) is an Active Scripting language developed by Microsoft

that is modeled on Visual Basic. It is designed as a “lightweight” language with a fast interpreter

for use in a wide variety of Microsoft environments. VBScript uses the Component Object Model

to access elements of the environment within which it is running; for example,

the FileSystemObject (FSO) is used to create, read, update and delete files.

 

VBScript has been installed by default in every desktop release of Microsoft Windows since Windows 98;^[1]

in Windows Server since Windows NT 4.0 Option Pack;^[2] and optionally with Windows CE (depending on the device it is installed on).

[bob78954]

USE A TIMER

[destruk]

USE A LOOP! ...

Dim X

X=0

 

Sub Kicker_Hit

X=X+1

If X<999999999999999999999999999999999999 Then Kicker_Hit

   Kicker.SolenoidPulse

End Sub

[bob78954]

The only problem with a loop is, If you want add something fancy while the ball is in the scoop, your program is stuck in a loop.

But that's just me.

 

update:

 

After thought, but then again you don't want 500 timers on the editor screen either..lol

Edited by bob78954, 30 November 2013 - 02:39 AM.

[destruk]

Well, if you want anything to happen on your computer during the loop, it won't, as it effectively takes all the cpu power your computer has to do the loop.

[mystman12]

Wait, wouldn't that mean different computers would finish loops at different speeds? I wasn't even going to mess with loops before, but, if that's true then loops are completely out of the question. I guess I'll just have to use timers, I can probably find some methods to use fewer timers.

[Les73gTx]

A loop is an amount of time. Faster computers do not count time faster.

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[destruk]

Really?  Wow, you learn new misinformation every day.  This is why a looping GIF runs faster on a faster computer than a slower one.

[bob78954]

A loop is an amount of time. Faster computers do not count time faster.

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A loop in this case is a counter, and I agree with destruk. A loop will run faster on a faster machine than a slower one.

[Les73gTx]

Thank you destruk, I read that we were talking about counting time. If we are talking about a looping animation then I am wrong and you are right. I still do not read anything in the other posts that we are talking about looping GIF untill you mentioned it. If I did not understand the question then that is my fault and I am sorry. My intent was not to give out misinformation.
Bob, are you saying that time, milliseconds, are going faster on your computer compared to a older pc with slower hardware?

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[Slydog43]

a loop like a for/next loop will execute quicker on a fast machine 

 

for x=1 to 100

next x

----------------------------

a loop that waits a specific amount of time is the same on all computers

 

t=now()

do

while t+now() < 10 seconds

 

this is just pseudocode.  In windows or any other os you need to tell the os to catch up on other message queues with a do.events or something similar as to not to halt the os in this loop though.

[UltraPeepi]

You can have a single timer which updates a "tick count".  With that, you could use a loop like Slydog has above.

 

Make a timer with an update every 100ms.  In the timer event callback, all you do is increment your global "tickCount" variable by 100.  Now anywhere you want to loop, remember the startingTickCount in a local variable, then check (tickCount - startingTickCount), and when it is greater than your exit criteria (in milliseconds), exit the loop.

[mystman12]

Okay, so I tried doing a loop that would keep going until my iTicks variable was greater than 3000, (I reset it to 0 before the loop) buuut I crashed my computer. How do I get the timer to keep on going and the loop not to crash everything? Do I just use the DoEvent command, or am I doing something wrong?

 

Code:

 

iTicks = 0 'I have a timer going off every 100ms. Each time it increments the iTicks valur by 100. This command resets it so all I have to do is enter the amount of time I want it to loop for instead of having to remember the starting value and 'then subtracting and stuff like that

Do Until iTicks > 3000

Loop