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Light flickering cog.
2004-05-13, 9:58 PM #1
Can someone please create me a cog that creates a thing and then destroys it and keeps doing this at random intervals between 0.1-2 seconds.

Thanks.

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2004-05-14, 3:08 AM #2
Wait? Do you want something that will cause flickering dynamic light, or to make something disappear/reappear? Either way, I believe there's easier ways to do it.

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2004-05-14, 10:38 AM #3
If it's the light you want to flicker, try 00_thinglight.cog... If you want a thing to show, and disappear, then replace thinglight with set/clearthingflags...
Need more help, then ask for it and specify which it is, thing or light?

/Edward
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2004-05-14, 11:11 AM #4
Well its a dynamic light thing. I want it to flicker like that at random intervals to give the effect that the light is broken.

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2004-05-14, 11:37 AM #5
Try this.
Code: 
# Jedi Knight Cog Script
#
# flickerlight.cog
#
# Causes light templates to be created and destroyed at random
#  intervals.
# Based on LEC cog 10_thinglight.cog
#
# [Darth Slaw] - darthslaw@cox.net
# 5/15/04
# ===================================================================
symbols

message   startup

template  lighttemp=light1.0

thing     lightsource=-1
thing     light=-1                 local

end

code

startup:
	//light = CreateThing(lighttemp, lightsource); //[edit]this line messed it up -- fixed now
	while(1)
	{
		light = CreateThing(lighttemp, lightsource);
		sleep(rand() * 1.9 + 0.1);
		destroything(light);
		sleep(rand() * 1.9 + 0.1);
	}

return;

end


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[This message has been edited by Darth Slaw (edited May 15, 2004).]
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2004-05-15, 7:18 AM #6
just to make sure you all see this, I'll make a new post. I accidentally made the cog create a light outside the loop, that wasn't destroyed, and thus ruined the effect. It's fixed now. Sorry 'bout that.

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2004-05-15, 11:53 AM #7
I just got to test it and it works great thanks slaw

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