Possible to update variable every xxx seconds?

[Area51]

Trying to find an efficient way to update a variable every 10 seconds... any help appreciated.

[Ayantir]

myvar = "foo"
every10s() -- <-- will set myvar to something
myvar= "plonk"
 
-- 10s after value "plonk" will be overriden.
 
function every10s()
     myvar="something"
     zo_callLater(every10s(), 10 * 10000)
end

[Garkin]

Originally Posted by Ayantir myvar = "foo" zo_callLater(function() myvar="something" end, 10 * 1000)

This will be called only once. If you want call function every 10 seconds, use:

local function MyFunction()
    --do something
end
 
EVENT_MANAGER:RegisterForUpdate("someUniqueIdentifier", 10000, MyFunction) --10000 milliseconds = 10 seconds

EDIT:

Originally Posted by Ayantir myvar = "foo" every10s()   function every10s()      myvar="something"      zo_callLater(every10s(), 10 * 10000) end

Even if this will work, I can't recommend this solution. It will basically register for update after 10 seconds, the same way as I did in my code, then it will unregister function for update and then again register for update... To much unnecessary steps involved.

How is zo_callLater defined?

local ZO_CallLaterId = 1
 
function zo_callLater(func, ms)
    local id = ZO_CallLaterId
    local name = "CallLaterFunction"..id
    ZO_CallLaterId = ZO_CallLaterId + 1
 
    EVENT_MANAGER:RegisterForUpdate(name, ms,
        function()
            func(id)
            EVENT_MANAGER:UnregisterForUpdate(name)
        end)
    return id
end

[Ayantir]

Originally Posted by Garkin This will be called onlt once. If you want call function every 10 seconds, use: local function MyFunction()     --do something end   EVENT_MANAGER:RegisterForUpdate("someUniqueIdentifier", 10000, MyFunction) --10000 milliseconds = 10 seconds

Yeah, I edited Bour both snips are working also. there are others..

[Area51]

Thank you both Exactly what i needed.

[SpellBuilder]

I have connected question, so not to create separate thread I will ask here:

Is there any "sleep()" function? For example I want to blink with some color for 500ms and then return it's state to original one. Right now I am doing it with double nested zo_callLater() functions (second one is needed to simulate dead-time before next blink can happen). Now after reading this thread I realize, that maybe this is not very efficient way to do things, and I do not need really my function to be non-blocking. I can live normally with blocking execution of the function in which I would have two "sleep()" functions if it exists.

[circonian]

Originally Posted by SpellBuilder I have connected question, so not to create separate thread I will ask here: Is there any "sleep()" function? For example I want to blink with some color for 500ms and then return it's state to original one. Right now I am doing it with double nested zo_callLater() functions (second one is needed to simulate dead-time before next blink can happen). Now after reading this thread I realize, that maybe this is not very efficient way to do things, and I do not need really my function to be non-blocking. I can live normally with blocking execution of the function in which I would have two "sleep()" functions if it exists.

Is your sleep() function the function that does the blinking or is it for something else? I'm not sure what you mean about having two "sleep()" functions.

I'm not sure, but I think this is what you want:
I'm guessing that your blinking is done in the sleep() function.

EVENT_MANAGER:RegisterForUpdate("blinkingUpdate", 500, sleep)

Every 500ms it will call the function sleep. So if that is what handles your blink code, it would run every 500 ms.

Whenever your done with it and want it to stop running you just call:

EVENT_MANAGER:UnregisterForUpdate("blinkingUpdate")

[merlight]

Originally Posted by SpellBuilder ... and I do not need really my function to be non-blocking. I can live normally with blocking execution of the function in which I would have two "sleep()" functions if it exists.

You really don't want to block the whole game for half a second Using RegisterForUpdate with 500ms ticks is the way to go.