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☖ Forums → Cog Forum → Timers
Timers
2001-10-29, 3:56 AM #1
Can more than one timer be set in a cog, and if you can, would you do it like:

Code: 
message    timer
message    timer1
message    timer2


If thats not how you do it, pls show me [http://forums.massassi.net/html/biggrin.gif]

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2001-10-29, 4:23 AM #2
Heck no, you would use SettimerEX.




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2001-10-29, 6:33 AM #3
could someone demonstrate how to use them? like make a cog that will create 2 things at differnt intervals using 2 timers?
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2001-10-29, 7:37 AM #4
look at kyle.cog and see what they did with it there... if that's too complicated, try looking at 00_twoonebee.cog. Both use SetTimerEx() and multiple timers.
2001-10-29, 10:03 AM #5
You only get one timer message, but you can run as many timers in that message as you want. Just use: SetTimerEx(delay, id, param, param1);

SetTimerEx() sets a timer with an ID number and two variables. They are retrieved in the timer message like this:

Code: 
timer:
   if(GetSenderID() == 20)
   {
      var=GetParam(0);
      var2=GetParam(1);
   }
   else if(GetSenderID() == 30)
   {
      etc...


GetSenderID() returns the ID of the timer, and the two variables are retrieved with GetParam(number of param).

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2001-10-29, 1:42 PM #6
Ok, i made this, is it correct? because it doesnt work in-game [http://forums.massassi.net/html/frown.gif]

Code: 
# [E3 - 29/10/2001]
# 

flags=0x240

symbols

template	rainsprite
thing		ghost0
thing		ghost1
thing		ghost2
thing		ghost3
thing		ghost4
thing		ghost5
thing		ghost6
thing		ghost7
thing		ghost8
thing		ghost9

message 	startup
message		timer


end

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

code

startup:

SetTimerEx(Rand(), 1);
SetTimerEx(Rand(), 2);
SetTimerEx(Rand(), 3);
SetTimerEx(Rand(), 4);
SetTimerEx(Rand(), 5);
SetTimerEx(Rand(), 6);
SetTimerEx(Rand(), 7);
SetTimerEx(Rand(), 8);
SetTimerEx(Rand(), 9);
SetTimerEx(Rand(), 10);

Return;

# ........................................................................................

timer:

if(GetSenderID() == 1)
   {
	CreateThing(rainsprite, ghost0);
   }
   else
   if(GetSenderID() == 2)
   {
	CreateThing(rainsprite, ghost1);
   }
   else
   if(GetSenderID() == 3)
   {
	CreateThing(rainsprite, ghost2);
   }
   else
   if(GetSenderID() == 4)
   {
	CreateThing(rainsprite, ghost3);
   }
   else
   if(GetSenderID() == 5)
   {
	CreateThing(rainsprite, ghost4);
   }
   else
   if(GetSenderID() == 6)
   {
	CreateThing(rainsprite, ghost5);
   }
   else
   if(GetSenderID() == 7)
   {
	CreateThing(rainsprite, ghost6);
   }
   else
   if(GetSenderID() == 8)
   {
	CreateThing(rainsprite, ghost7);
   }
   else
   if(GetSenderID() == 9)
   {
	CreateThing(rainsprite, ghost8);
   }
   else
   if(GetSenderID() == 10)
   {
	CreateThing(rainsprite, ghost9);
   }

Return;

# ........................................................................................

end


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2001-10-29, 1:54 PM #7
SetTimerEx() needs 4 parameters (even though you only use 2)... just use 0's for the last two parameters and it should work... you could also clean up the code by using an array instead of all the if...else statements, but that's just me (I like clean code heh).
2001-10-29, 2:06 PM #8
Who doesnt like clean code? A FOR loop would cut that cog's size by 80%.

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2001-10-30, 2:27 AM #9
Ok, it works now, thanks
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