(Periodic Event - Every X seconds) How To Change X in Game?

[rover2341]

How Accurate is a action (Wait 0.01 seconds)

How Accurate is a action (Wait 0.01 seconds)?

What is the most accurate method when i need my timer to be as close to .01 sec as possible.

 

[Waaaaagh]

Periodic Event - Every X seconds

is perfectly precise for the purposes of the game - the frame rate is ~.02 seconds, and it's far more accurate than that.

 

[rover2341]

How Do i set a variable For (Periodic Event - Every X seconds)
It will only take a const.

 

[CaptDeath]

.01 is not different then any wait at all imo
unless you have like 50 of them

 

[Dirac]

wait takes more than the time specified... (wait 0.01) secs might take over 0.2 secs

 

[rover2341]

(Periodic Event - Every X seconds) How To Change X in Game?

 

[theDTD]

>hmmm, try:
>make a variable for x
>so it will be, "every (variable) seconds"
>then make another trigger that accepts an input in game (ex. chat)
>then convert entered string to (x variable type)
>set converted string = to x variable

 

[Dirac]

create other trigger....

Events
xxx
Conditions
xxx
Actions
Set REAL = 0.03
Trigger Add Event to (your trigger goes here) Every REAL time seconds

 

[rover2341]

Thats the thing, (Periodic Event - Every (non variable) seconds)

But it does allow ...
Time - Elapsed game time is (Real((Custom value of Track 0 Degrees 0007 <gen>))) seconds

I think that will work. Ill just hide the amount of time i wanted the timer to go by in there.



*Edit

That does not work, I think when the game starts it figures out the custom value of Track 0 Degrees 007 at the start of the game, thus if i change it, it will do nothing.
So i think its a const.

 

[GooS]

Hmpf, can't find it right now there has been made a study out of this, realting to periodic events, timers and waits with a result list on how far of they are.

Period, I don't remember

Timers, may be of by a couple of minutes in a day, saying 5 minutes results in:

86400 seconds per day, 5 minutes is 300 seconds
300/86400 = 0.00372222222222222
So timers might be of with 0.0037 seconds / second, or 3.7 milliseconds per second
(5 minutes can be of, but I've heard a couple of minutes from many places but never a real number)

And as said, wait is kinda random especially when used at such low values, if you want something to happen every 30 seconds, sure one second here and there doesn't make a diffrence, sliding a unit with waits and you might aswell use blink.

Put things that might affect both of these must be what is happening during and the resulted effect.

In anyway in all my timed triggers I use a timer or the periodic, as me thinks they might be based upon the same time.

How Do i set a variable For (Periodic Event - Every X seconds)
It will only take a const.

Not quite following you there, what's the for, for?

It is already an event in GUI, if you want it to start after a condition has been met, say 1minute of gametime.

E. Time elapsed = 60.00 seconds
A. Trigger - Add Event to (This Trigger) using (Periodic Event - Every 0.01 sec)

(Roughly)

or use a timer for callback in jass

call TimerStart(whichTimer, 0.01, true, function callbackFunction)

(Is it even correct ^)

Anyways, why would you want to do something so frequently, 0.03 makes no diffrence in appearance but alot of diffrence on a non-high performance computer.

//==GooS

 

[vypur85]

Timer is accurate.

Countdown timer - Start YourTimer as One-shot.... that will expire in 0.01 seconds

Event
 YourTimer expires
Condition
Action
 -Do your stuff-

Waits are not accurate with low values but are ok with higher values. I think 0.3 is still a fine value (from my experience). Below that will not be reliable.

 

[rover2341]

Hmm, Well how do i put a varible in there? It looks like it only takes const.

The time for my timer is not a const. any idea?

 

[vypur85]

Well, it's better if you can describe what you're planning to do.

Countdown timer allows you to set it's period.

 

[rover2341]

Countdown timer allows you to set it's period.

I see... I will mess with this....trying to understand it.

Well, it's better if you can describe what you're planning to do.

I Need my timer to go off after (X) Seconds to do (Some events).
I Need my timer to be able to turn off and on. (Thus use of turning a trigger on and off)
I Need to be able to change after the game starts, how long it should take for the timer to go off and do (Some events)


EDIT*

Ya That works with count down timer. And is that very accurate?
I Am only doing this because the wait command doesn't seem to be accurate.


Problem Solved. Thnx Everyone

 

[Exfyre]

Easiest way is to create a timer (repeating) with X seconds. Then u will have a trigger like this:

• Events
  • -(Your Timer) Expires
  • Conditions
  • Actions
    • -do actions here

• Events
  • -Entered chat string blah
  • conditions
  • Actions
    • -set (your timer) to expire in (int(entered chat string)) seconds (or however you want this to change)

 

[rover2341]

Thnx.

+Rep All.