Periodic Function

[KaerfNomekop]

Ok, here's a question. A theoretical function Repeater, calls itself after a 0.05 second Wait. Would this function act in the same way as a periodic trigger, or would it create an endless loop that crashes the game?

 

[Ayanami]

You mean like:

function Repeat takes nothing returns nothing
    call Repeat()
endfunction

function OnInit takes nothing returns nothing
    call Repeat()
endfunction

The above would cause an infinite loop and crash the game probably.

 

[KaerfNomekop]

Actually I meant more of this:

function Repeat takes nothing returns nothing
    call TriggerSleepAction( 0.05 )
    call Repeat()
endfunction

With the wait, would it still crash?

 

[luorax]

It'd be an infinite loop; unless you assign a check to it, so that it has an end. Just stick to a timer, propably the best approach:

function Repeat takes nothing returns nothing
endfunction
function onInittakes nothing returns nothing
    call TimerStart(NewTimer(),.5,true,function Repeat)
endfunction

 

[Dirac]

It would eventually crash because none of the functions actually ends, creating an endless thread.
Do as luorax says and use timers, waits are just horrible