Arithmetic comparison fails D:

[Marcelo Hossomi]

Hello there

I've run into a strange problem here... An arithmetic comparison simply fails:

set Time = Time + 0.05
if Time >= TrainingTime then
    call this.Finish() // This will create a unit
endif

This portion of code is run every 0.05 second. However the method Finish is only called then Time > TrainingTime (noticed that by using game messages)

If I change the comparison to

if Time == TrainingTime then

Then it works as it should...
What could be causing it and how to solve it?

Thanks!
Hossomi

 

[PurgeandFire]

Yeah, real comparisons are weird. They are sometimes unreliable, not much you can do.

If you want ">=", then you can always just set Time to have an initial value of 0.05. That way, it will run the correct amount of times.

 

[InfinateAnswers]

You could always use an integer, and replace time with say 5 , and your loop multiplied by 100. That way its the same time, but the reliability of an integer. Or just convert time to an integer then state your comparison, but make sure to flatten the real.

 

[Marcelo Hossomi]

I have tried using integers like InfinateAnswers said. However that way I get another problem:

local integer Percent = Time/TrainingTime*50
//50 is the size of a life bar, let's say

That will always return 0 or 1 no matter what value that division results. I've also tried using R2I in all possible ways xD
Even if the variable was real, the result was the same. Looks like dividing integers will always return only the integer part of the result, so I tried converting both values to real using R2I. Same result, though...

 

[Adiktuz]

why use R2I, when the vars are Integers

you mean I2R?

//tried this?
local real Percent = I2R(Time)/I2R(TrainingTime)*50

 

[Marcelo Hossomi]

Dumb me.

Thanks Adikutz.

That's an ugly way to deal with numbers, though x.x

 

[Adiktuz]

yeah, really bad way... ^_^

 

[InfinateAnswers]

my motto cant apply to everything. Sometimes theres no option.

 

[Dr Super Good]

You must initialize variables. Integers or reals with no value can sometimes cause problems (thread crashes).