Sleep, curse you! Sleep!

[Wolfy]

More COG problems. In this case, Jedi Knight refuses to sleep when I tell it to.

You activate Ug, and he displays a few lines of text and adds a new mission objective.

You go to the train station, and talk to the teller. He tells you to buzz off and various levels (depending on how many times you bug him). However, Jedi Knight refuses to recognize any of my Sleep(); verbs. It simply runs through all of the appropriate displays of text and playing of sounds. Why?


# Jedi Knight Cog Script
#
# UgTicket.cog
#
# Description
#
#
# This Cog is Not supported by LucasArts Entertainment Co

symbols

message activated
message startup
message entered
message cyccam

thing Ug
thing scalper
thing scalpcam

sector sectcr

thing ticketseller

sound soundGoal=accomplish1.wav local
sound newGoal=activate01.wav local
sound traintalk1
sound traintalk2
sound traintalk3
sound traintalk4

int TicketTalk=0 local
int TicketBuy=0 local
int Sleep=0 local
int Bother=0 local
int entcred=0 local
int ScalpTalk=0 local

end

# ================================================== ======================================

code

startup:
player = GetLocalPlayerThing();
return;

# ================================================== ======================================

activated:
if ((GetSenderRef()==Ug) && (TicketTalk==0)) {
StopThing(player);
SetActorFlags(player, 0xa00000);
JKPrintUNIString(player, 10113);
Sleep(3.0);
JKPrintUNIString(player, 10114);
Sleep(3.0);
JKPrintUNIString(player, 10115);
JKPrintUNIString(player, 1020);
PlaySoundLocal(newGoal, 1.0, 0.0, 0x0);
SetGoalFlags(player, 10, 1);
SetGoalFlags(player, 11, 1);
ClearActorFlags(player, 0xa00000);
TicketTalk=1;
}

if ((GetSenderRef()==Ug) && (TicketTalk==1) && (TicketBuy==0) && (Sleep==0)) {
Sleep=1;
JKPrintUNIString(player, 10116);
Sleep(3.0);
Sleep=0;
}

if ((GetSenderRef()==Ug) && (TicketTalk==1) && (TicketBuy==1)) {
JKPrintUNIString(player, 10127);
jkPrintUNIString(player, 350);
PlaySoundThing(soundGoal, player, 1.0, -1, -1, 0);
SetGoalFlags(player, 11, 2);
}

if((GetSenderRef()==ticketseller) && (Bother==0)) {
Bother=500;
JKPrintUNIString(player, 10117);
PlaySoundThing(traintalk1, ticketseller, 1, -1, -1, 0x0);
Sleep(13.0);
Bother=1;
}

if((GetSenderRef()==ticketseller) && (Bother==1)) {
Bother=500;
JKPrintUNIString(player, 10118);
PlaySoundThing(traintalk2, ticketseller, 1, -1, -1, 0x0);
Sleep(3.0);
Bother=2;
}

if((GetSenderRef()==ticketseller) && (Bother==2)) {
Bother=500;
JKPrintUNIString(player, 10119);
PlaySoundThing(traintalk3, ticketseller, 1, -1, -1, 0x0);
Sleep(3.0);
Bother=3;
}

if((GetSenderRef()==ticketseller) && (Bother==3)) {
Bother=500;
JKPrintUNIString(player, 10120);
PlaySoundThing(traintalk4, ticketseller, 1, -1, -1, 0x0);
}

if((GetSenderRef()==scalper) && (ScalpTalk==0)) {
ScalpTalk=500;
setcamerafocus(0, scalpcam);
JKPrintUNIString(player, 10123);
Sleep(3.0);
TicketBuy=1;
jkPrintUNIString(player, 350);
PlaySoundThing(soundGoal, player, 1.0, -1, -1, 0);
ScalpTalk=1;
}

return;

# ================================================== ======================================

cyccam:
if((GetCurrentCamera() != 0)) {
CycleCamera();
}
return;

# ================================================== ======================================

end

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<ubuu> does hitler have a last name?
<jipe> .. yes, Ubuu, we're racist commy nazi jews, and we hate male pattern baldness
<Professor`K> Sorry, but half-way through your logic, my head exploded

[JediKirby]

Don't use sleep(). I don't know how many times I've heard someone say "don't use sleep()" but I don't know WHY.

JediKirby

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[Edward]

Could be that you have a value called sleep... Anyway, if all else fails, use timer...

[SG-fan]

Ya, having a variable named the same as a function will screw up the cog. Always think of creative names like 'delay'

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Jack: "Why not!"

[Descent_pilot]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by SG-fan:
Ya, having a variable named the same as a function will screw up the cog. Always think of creative names like 'delay'

</font>

What he said. You can't have any symbols that have the same name as a verb and/or message.

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[lucky_jackpot]

Yep, that'll be the cause (using JK's reserved word list as a variable name) alright http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif

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[[SF]pjb]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by jEDIkIRBY:
Don't use sleep(). I don't know how many times I've heard someone say "don't use sleep()" but I don't know WHY.

JediKirby

</font>

Yea, i mean everyone told me when i was makeing my AJTD cutseen cogs that i shouldent use sleep.. but as far as i can tell sleep is a bugless command... so why not use it?

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[The_New_Guy]

I think most of the problems with sleep() occur when you use it in a loop or section of cog that can be re-entered before the sleep timeout completes.

In those instances it seems like the Sleep time accumulates and makes the cog completely non-responsive.

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[SG-fan]

Sleep() is ok to use IF and ONLY IF you make sure that the cog can NOT be reactivated while the sleep is still running.

Tis best to simply use timers, since they don't have that problem. However, as long as you prevent a double activation of the cog, there is no problem with sleep().

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Jack: "Why not!"