OpenEuphoria

Re: loop

• Posted by "Carl R. White" <cyrek at BIGFOOT.COM> Jun 28, 2000
• 559 views

Ferdinand wrote:

> i programed a badguy with AI , well almost AI . The problem is that he
> moves at the speed of light . How can I slow him down ?

You could:
  i) Do other things before moving the bad guy each time:
         while not quitting() do
             move_other_stuff()
             do_other_game_stuff()
             move_bad_guy()
         end while

 ii) Like you hinted at in the subject, you can run a null loop:
         while bad_guy do
             for wait = 1 to 1000 -- make 1000 bigger to slow bad guy down
                 -- do nothing for a bit
             end for
             move_bad_guy()
         end while

iii) Use the time() comand to write a delay routine for the bad guy. Or
anything else in the game for that matter...

 iv) Combine (i) and (ii):
         game_clock = 0
         while not quitting() do
             do_other_stuff()
             if remainder(game_clock, 1000) = 0 then
                 move_bad_guy()
             end if
             game_clock += 1
         end while

HTH,
Carl

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