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One pesky procedure...

2004-04-14, 3:50 PM #1

Grismath

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Posts: 5,177

...that has effectively killed an otherwise operational COG.

I originally had this cutscene send a user0 message to a different cog that contained only this code, but the cog refused to work. I thought that there might have been some mistake in the cog-to-cog message, so I integrated the code into my 02_halldash cog, and now that doesn't work, either. I've isolated the problem to this code:

Code:

activated:
If(GetSenderRef()==book && pulled==0) {
 pulled=1;
 SetTimer(0);
 StopSound(music, 1.0);
player=GetLocalPlayerThing();
SetActorFlags(player, 0xa00000);
StopThing(player);
Print("-[INITIATING LOCKDOWN PROCEDURE]-");
PlaySoundLocal(alarm, 1, 0, 0x0);
MoveToFrame(dcam0, 0, 4);
Sleep(0.25);
SetCameraFocus(0, dcam0);
Sleep(2.0);
CreateThing(lockdoor, leftdoor);
PlaySoundLocal(crash, 1, 0, 0x0);
Sleep(0.75);
SetCameraFocus(0, libcam);
Sleep(0.5);
CreateThing(lockdoor, fardoor);
PlaySoundLocal(crash, 1, 0, 0x0);
Sleep(0.5);
MoveToFrame(dcam0, 1, 4);
Sleep(0.25);
SetCameraFocus(0, dcam0);
Sleep(2.0);
CreateThing(lockdoor, rightdoor);
PlaySoundLocal(crash, 1, 0, 0x0);
Sleep(0.75);
SetCameraFocus(0, backcam);
PlaySoundLocal(break, 1, 0, 0x0);
#CreateThing(sparks, window);
Sleep(2.0);
ClearActorFlags(player, 0xa00000);
SetCameraFocus(0, libcam);
}
return;

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

Cordially,
Lord Tiberius Grismath
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2004-04-14, 6:27 PM #2

darthslaw

Darth Slaw

Posts: 3,490

Taking a quick look at it, it looks like the probable cause of the cog-killing is all those "sleep()" s. Try changing it into a timer system.

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2004-04-14, 11:07 PM #3

lucky_jackpot

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Just out of curiosity, what's happening in your timer message before you try and kill it - at least I'm assuming you're trying to do that with the "SetTimer(0)" statement. Baring in mind that the "SetTimer()" verb takes two parameters (and you can't treat it like you would to nullify a pulse (eg: "SetPulse(0)" kills a "pulse" message), I think the problem may lie in that line...

Anyways - give it a try (either comment-out the line or use "KillTimer()") and let us know [http://forums.massassi.net/html/smile.gif]

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2004-04-15, 7:56 AM #4

darthslaw

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*cough*
Ummmm... you must still be tired LJ... [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

KillTimer() isn't a verb, but KillTimerEx() is though. SetTimer() only has one param. Also, you do stop "regular" timers by SetTimer(0). SetTimerEx(0,...) will not stop an extended timer.

Here's a snippet...

Quote:

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">From the Datamaster, VERB = SetTimer:
Calls the timer message after the delay has ended. Syntax:
SetTimer(flex_delay);

To stop the timer, use:

SetTimer(0);</font>

Quote:

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">From the Datamaster, VERB = SetTimerEx:
Calls the timer message after the given delay and gives an ID and two parameters to the timer message. With SetTimerEx(), you can set a timer with a delay of zero. KillTimerEx() is used to stop an IDed timer. Syntax:
SetTimerEx(flex_delay, ID, param0, param1);

ID: The ID of the timer is retrieved in the timer message with GetSenderID(). It is also used by KillTimerEx() to stop the timer before the message is called.

paramX: These parameters become the first and second parameters of the timer message.</font>

My suspicion, Jackpot, is that you were thinking Extended Timers (or maybe SetTningTimer() ) instead of "Regular" timers.

But yeah, what is in the timer message, Grismath? I hadn't considered that that might be the problem.

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[This message has been edited by Darth Slaw (edited April 15, 2004).]

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2004-04-15, 12:30 PM #5

lucky_jackpot

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Well I do have a confession to make - I didn't have the DataMaster at hand (being at work and all) [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]

Either that or the old memory's wearing out - far too much Java recently - too tell the truth, it's been a while since I did any COG [http://forums.massassi.net/html/redface.gif]

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. However, as you say, without the DM to hand, I think I may well have been thinking of extended timers [http://forums.massassi.net/html/rolleyes.gif]

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I still stand by my question of what lies in the timer message though [http://forums.massassi.net/html/wink.gif]