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Koh
Is sleep[milliseconds] supposed to do this?
« on: January 15, 2007, 02:01:02 pm »
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When I used sleep, the whole game froze during the sleeping.  Is is supposed to do that?
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Re: Is sleep[milliseconds] supposed to do this?
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2007, 02:11:51 pm »
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yes, that's what it does.
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Re: Is sleep[milliseconds] supposed to do this?
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2007, 02:27:24 pm »
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how do you wait for awhile then without freezing the whole game and without using alarms?
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shut the fuck up donny.
Re: Is sleep[milliseconds] supposed to do this?
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2007, 02:35:42 pm »
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What language / tools are you talking about? Please use the topic icons provided and / or state which language or development tools you're using in your Topic title. How do you expect people to be able to give you specific help?
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Re: Is sleep[milliseconds] supposed to do this?
« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2007, 02:39:18 pm »
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Re: Is sleep[milliseconds] supposed to do this?
« Reply #5 on: January 15, 2007, 02:41:20 pm »
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you could use a variable that captures the system time and every frame check if enough time has passed
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Re: Is sleep[milliseconds] supposed to do this?
« Reply #6 on: January 15, 2007, 03:52:54 pm »
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What's wrong with using alarms? It's what they're there for.

And yeah, if you do it windy's way, you need to use the variable current_time
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