Waiting in a trigger, without using waits.

[Sephalo]

Hey there.

I've got a dilemma.

Right now I got a system that has waits in it. I want to remove those waits, but I want to be able to smoothly add commands to my GUI based triggers.

This is what I got right now:

1. Queueing various camera movement information.
2. Starting the camera movement in a (JASS-written) system that has waits in it instead of a timer.
3. Some more actions like creating units, and stuff.


Let's say the camera movement takes 5 seconds, then I want #3 to occur after those 5 seconds. If I use a timer in the JASS system instead of the waits I will end up with #3 occuring at the same time as I start the camera movement instead afterwards.
#1 are commands with Custom Script function in GUI.
#2 is also a Custom Script function.
#3 are just normal GUI actions. I don't want to have to put these inside the system to occur whenever the timer ends.


Does anyone have an idea how to do this?

 

[Spartipilo]

You can use a 0.03 expiration timer and real variables, hashtable/Camera array/ or camera handle id.

Add 5.00 to the camera. It will be reduced by 0.03. When it reaches 0, start the #3.

Though i've never used it, I know you can use TimerUtils for precise time handling using local timers without any problem.

 

[mckill2009]

if you want it all in GUI just create 1 single timer and off the #2 & #3 first, when timer
runs out for #1 tuen on the #2 then reset the timer, the rest will be the same, but this
is only at single runtime for each trigger, if you want a looping timer, use TimerUtils...

 

[Space_Ship]

I use a .02 second loop for timer/loop triggers sometimes when I want an Exact number, save 4.98 as x of y in hash, that will trigger 249 times and then on the 250'th time it will trigger and do the effect being 5.00 seconds.