Simple Function File Errors

[Lean Bear]

I'm new to functions, but seem to have the basic idea. I've done quite a few functins files so I know normally what the problems are. The problem I have here is....I don't know what the problem is, so I can't fix it.

Here's the function:

Code: [Select]

private ["_timeDelay","_timeStep","_return"];

_timeDelay = _this select 0;
_timeStep = _this select 1;
Counter = 0;

while { Counter <= _timeDelay }
   do
   {
   if (GlobalV = true)
      then
      {
      _return = true;
      }
      else
      {
      _return = false;
      };
   Counter = Counter + _timeStep;
   };
_return
When it is called from a script running in the mission, it comes up with an error message - but it runs way off the page before the |#| comes up.

I know its probably between/in the if then else control and the end of the function. Because, whenI first wrote the sqf file, I put == in the conditional by mistake - and I meant <=. And when I did this, there was no problem, except that the rest of the function didn't happen

Maybe its simple, like I missed a semi-colon or something, but I reckon this way I'll know for sure.

[UNN]

You need to use == in If statements, but for booleans you dont need them at all:

Code: [Select]

  if (GlobalV)
      then
      {
      _return = true;
      }
      else
      {
      _return = false;
      };
But using a function to delay\count time is not a good idea. Or am I just reading to much into the variable names?

[Lean Bear]

Of course! How stupid of me

Thanks a lot UNN

I'm afriad that yes, you are reading into those names a bit too much. They make sense to me, but they're not used to count time or delay it

The function is used a lot and the time I am dealing with here is only just above 0 seconds, so you'll see why I need a function to do it - a script would be too slow.

This functions merely checks if the global variable is set to true or not during that period of time (normally around 0.4 seconds)

edit

Hang on, you're right!

Why the heck am I using a function? I wrote a quick script to do the same thing, but with a time delay (which I couldn't do before in the sqf).

It goes something like this:

Code: [Select]

_timeDelay = _this select 0
_timeStep = _this select 1
Counter = 0

#Loop

if (Counter <= _timeDelay) then {goto "Loop2"} else {exit}

#Loop2

if (GlobalV) then {interupt = true; exit} else {interupt = false}
Counter = Counter + _timeStep
~_timeStep

goto "Loop"
Thanks for pointing that out UNN

The only worry I know have is, if 100 units use this at about the same time, will OFP be fast enough to handle it? (And, will there be lag?) :-\