function that pause a loop for x amount of time

[my psprecious]

Ok, I'm working on an animation in lua for the intro of my game

and I'm trying to do a pause in the loop as a function

so I can use it anywhere I need a pause and just change the value of my pause like something like this

function sleep(wait)
if i <= to wait do
i = i + 1
something missing here to pause it I was suggested waitvblank() but I don't think it exist
end

and everytime I call it I would have something like this sleep(30), 30 been the amount I need for that pause at that momment

could someone help I'm pretty lost

[yossistarz2]

The function you are asking for is this I hope...

function sleep(Wait)
i = 0
while i <= Wait do
i = i + 1
end
end

But you will need a very large amount of Wait number in order to see a difference.

[my psprecious]

BIG thanx

this is gona be useful


EDIT


Doesn't work, I tried with 300000 and finally saw a difference, but what it did is not pause my loop since the loop continues, what it does it slows the loop

[moonlight]

Is System.sleep(milliseconds) what do you need?

[yossistarz2]

try this on Millisecond timer base.

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function sleep(MT)
	t =  Timer.new(0)
	t:start()
	while &#40;t&#58;time&#40;&#41; < MT&#41; do

	end
	t&#58;stop&#40;&#41;
end

[my psprecious]

Well what it does is pause my script on start not when I call the function

When I think that all this was to simplify my life hehehe

[yossistarz2]

I am not shore what you are talking about.
When you call it it pause the program to X milliseconds and then continue.
Pause means dead time nothing is doing for x milliseconds.

If i hope i understands what you want.

[my psprecious]

yes exactly do nothing for x amount of time

I'm able to do it another way but it would have been useful to have a function pause(time) that I can call when I need a x amount of pause

[DiabloTerrorGF]

System.sleep(milliseconds)

Should work...

[yossistarz2]

I don't know what about that but check this as a proof:
(stops for 1 second)

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function sleep(MT)
   t =  Timer.new(0)
   t:start()
   while &#40;t&#58;time&#40;&#41; < MT&#41; do

   end
   t&#58;stop&#40;&#41;
end

screen&#58;clear&#40;Color.new&#40;255,0,0&#41;&#41;
screen&#58;flip&#40;&#41;
screen&#58;flip&#40;&#41;

sleep&#40;1000&#41;

screen&#58;clear&#40;Color.new&#40;255,255,0&#41;&#41;
screen&#58;flip&#40;&#41;
screen&#58;flip&#40;&#41;

sleep&#40;1000&#41;

screen&#58;clear&#40;Color.new&#40;255,0,255&#41;&#41;
screen&#58;flip&#40;&#41;
screen&#58;flip&#40;&#41;

sleep&#40;1000&#41;

screen&#58;clear&#40;Color.new&#40;0,0,255&#41;&#41;
screen&#58;flip&#40;&#41;
screen&#58;flip&#40;&#41;
sleep&#40;1000&#41;

[KawaGeo]

What is wrong with System.sleep(ms)? It should do the job.

[yossistarz2]

Maybe, But it jest for the question.
Your answer should solve it but it is good thing to now how to implement things in more then one way (it never harms).