Controlling program flow – Talk

Scripts are deprecated?

I seem to recall having a discussion at the MAPFACT meeting where, in fact, it was acknowledged that scripts were still valid. Does this mean that there are now function commands to pause executing of an .sqf file? The example of an .sqf shows this problem as, A) A WHILE loop executes in the same slice, while the "refueling script" has a half-second delay built it. B) the last I checked, .sqf lines need a semicolon at the end.Dinger 09:38, 24 July 2006 (CEST)

Just look for sleep-command :), at least that's my understanding of the new Scripting engine; there also things like spawn, which seem to be predestined for asynchronous script execution. --Vektorboson 18:22, 23 July 2006 (CEST)

perhaps, but those commands refer to Script and not Functions_-_SQF. Indeed, sleep and waitUntil are given as examples of script-only instructions. Dinger 09:38, 24 July 2006 (CEST)

Changes made to add functions everywhere ;) So it's not script-only. Whisper 11:15, 24 July 2006 (CEST)

It seems the commands have been updated. sleep, spawn and waitUntil seem to be Function-only

This is probably confusing, but there are two kinds of scripts now - Function based (which are handled by the Script type, and Sqs-based (deprecated, see Script syntax). It is definitelly not possible to use sleep or waitUntil everywhere, only in the Script. --Suma 17:17, 24 July 2006 (CEST)

So if I understand it well, we won't anymore use "exec" but replace it by "spawn"...(provided it can be used in triggers, for example). init.sqs will be function based?Whisper 17:35, 24 July 2006 (CEST)

"It is definitelly not possible to use sleep or waitUntil everywhere, only in the Script." You have function based scripts on mind? --Djura 19:15, 24 July 2006 (CEST)

Seeing the description of sleep : "Suspend execution of function based script for given time.", I think he does ;) Whisper 19:36, 24 July 2006 (CEST)

This part of description I have written and I never trust myself. --Djura 22:04, 24 July 2006 (CEST)