Timer Check problem

[Tom Jones]

so u are saying i should do:
- call DestroyGroup(g)
- call CreateGroup(g)
- call GroupEnumUnitsInRange(g,x,y,500*level,b)
like this?

call GroupClear(g)
call GroupEnumUnitsInRange(g,x,y,500*level,b)

 

[Doom-Angel]

k thx i always thought that grouping units would recreate it like in the GUI except for the initial

and i tried now to do this:

          //  loop
            //  exitwhen (TimerGetRemaining(speed) == 0)
              call TriggerSleepAction(1)             
           // endloop

so bassically i got read of this timer and used a wait action and it worked except for the fact that the second timer didn't run after 30 seconds and it kept running until all the monsters died so i still need to solve this timer thingy cuz it's only this one it's both of them so i clearly made something wrong here....

 

[Doom-Angel]

Bump

 

[Tom Jones]

Try changing the and statement to a or statement in your check function.

 

[Doom-Angel]

k thx Tom (i was pretty sure i has an 'Or' there but i guess i got mixed up)
it solved me out the first timer and now it's working fine but the second one still doesn't run

and btw

call TimerStart(t,30,false,null)

i know the null part is where i should put a callback code but what do i need it for?

 

[PurgeandFire]

and btw

call TimerStart(t,30,false,null)

i know the null part is where i should put a callback code but what do i need it for?

I'm pretty sure that that is used if you want to make the timer start on a separate function. i.e.:

function timerstart takes unit u returns nothing
    call KillUnit(u)
endfunction

function poo takes nothing returns nothing
    local timer t = CreateTimer()
    call TimerStart(t,30,false,function timerstart)
endfunction

 

[Tom Jones]

Instead of using a timer and a loop for your wait, why don't you use TriggerSleepAction() or PolledWait()?

 

[Doom-Angel]

I'm pretty sure that that is used if you want to make the timer start on a separate function. i.e.:

function timerstart takes unit u returns nothing
    call KillUnit(u)
endfunction

function poo takes nothing returns nothing
    local timer t = CreateTimer()
    call TimerStart(t,30,false,function timerstart)
endfunction

so u are saying that running the timer would also make it run the function or that the function will run once the timer ends?

Instead of using a timer and a loop for your wait, why don't you use TriggerSleepAction() or PolledWait()?

because waits can't go below 0.27 and i need lower than that but i can settele with it but my point is why it's still doesn't work?
i mean it start with some number (let's sy even 0.01) and it reaches 0 so it's supposed to stay at 0 (it's not like it's periodeic) so something is wrong here.....
mabye i should try and use GetTimerElapsed i will see if it works

 

[Tom Jones]

function timerstart takes unit u returns nothing
    call KillUnit(u)
endfunction

function poo takes nothing returns nothing
    local timer t = CreateTimer()
    call TimerStart(t,30,false,function timerstart)
endfunction

That'll crash the game
Timer callback functions are not allowed to have parameters.

so u are saying that running the timer would also make it run the function or that the function will run once the timer ends?

Once the timer ends, it'll execute the function.

 

[Doom-Angel]

k tyvm Tom and Pudgeand
+Rep for every1 who helped (If i can)

 

[SFilip]

Just as a notice - it's not true that waits can't go below 0.27, the actual minimum is around 0.1.
Anyway why exactly do you need to wait 0.01 seconds? Might be a better way to do whatever you're trying.

 

[Doom-Angel]

oh k that's better than im gonna stick to the wait then
thx for the info

 

[emjlr3]

TriggerSleepAction(-1) has the fastest average wait time

 

[Doom-Angel]

wouldn't that cause the game to crash?
and what do u mean by fastest average?

 

[emjlr3]

sleep times are not precise, nor are they accurate, I have seen test data which concludes that a value of -1 gives the shortest average sleep time

 

[Doom-Angel]

and if i go lower than -1 would it be shorter or it will crash?
and does it work also in Polled wait?