i can do this another way...because the way it is now no data can be sent or recieved while it is counting...all it is doing is delaying between commands and sometimes causes twx to crash


:wait

if ($loop<> 6000000)
add $loop 1
goto :wait
end

have you tried a delaytrigger instead?

Not sure of exactly what you're trying to do, but like Traitor suggested I'd look into a "setDelayTrigger". From the TWX helpfile, here's the description and syntax:

Purpose: Creates a trigger that will automatically activate after a specified time period.

Syntax: setDelayTrigger {name} {label} {tics)
Note: tics are in milliseconds

:wait
send "#"
setDelayTrigger delay :wait 60000
pause

Hope that helps. If its not what your looking for, then give us a few more details of your project.

Good luck.

yup need more info. Your prolly stuck in an infinite loop. TWX freezing and not responding? ECHO $loop and see the results. BTW - TWX is in desperate need of a debugger.

ok i tried that delay trigger but cant get it to work.... heres what i am doing
:start
setVar $loop 0
KillAllTriggers
send " l 1 *"
setTextLineTrigger 1 :chk "There are currently"
pause

:chk
setVar $line CURRENTLINE
getWord $line $colo 4

if ($colo < 114)

setVar $loop 0

gosub :wait
send "q"
goto :start


end


:getem
send " t * 931 y"
waitFor "Locating beam pinpointed, TransWarp Locked."
send "y l 3 * s n l 1 * t n t 1 72* q 1* y"
waitFor "Locating beam pinpointed"
send "y"


goto :start

halt

:wait

if ($loop<> 6000)
add $loop 1
goto :wait
end
return


what it does it starts at terra checks # of colonist and if colonist is less than number of holds then it needs to pause for a bit (still sitting on terra) blast off and land again checking if there is enough colonist to fill the holds

I have a script at griys called Terra Checker in the zip with 21 scripts that does that.<Cheap Plug>

yah but he's wanting to do his own And your scripts are not in .ts for him to see how it's done to get his working.

on a side note, WHOHOO 200 posts, i'm a Gunnery SGT.

wildstar: i just tried your script and seems to me that if you have a planet scanner on your ship it doesnt work....the way my script is you can be afk so you dont have to type in 1 all the time at terra...and what i want my script to do is land on terra while i wait for colonist to regen...maybe so if i am not fed safe i still can use it

quote:Originally posted by BlackBeard

ok i tried that delay trigger but cant get it to work.... heres what i am doing

BlackBeard, try this instead:

:start
send " l 1 *"
setTextLineTrigger chk :chk "There are currently"
pause

:chk
killtrigger chk
getWord CURRENTLINE $colo 4
if ($colo < 114)
gosub :wait
send "q"
goto :start
else
goto :getEm
end

:getEm
send " t * 931 y"
waitFor "Locating beam pinpointed, TransWarp Locked."
send "y l 3 * s n l 1 * t n t 1 72* q 1* y"
waitFor "Locating beam pinpointed"
send "y"
goto :start
halt

:wait
SetDelayTrigger delay :delay 6000
pause

:delay
killTrigger delay
return


Whenever you have triggers, it's good practice to name the trigger with the same name as the lable that it's referencing. I also used to name them numbers, but as my scripts got bigger, it became a pain to keep track of them. If you name them the same as the lable they call, then you can be sure that you won't ever reuse a trigger name on accident.
Also, it's good practice to kill triggers, even ones that automatically get killed when they are triggered. It's not requried, but when you are troubleshooting a 3000 line script, triggers are usually the culprit. And there is no perceptable increase in processing time.

thanks traitor seems to be working now
i was working on it all day with the setdelaytrigger
and when i added
:delay
killTrigger delay

it started to work right...
thanks again

No prob.
triggers need someplace to go.

I would be very careful about AFK colo scripts.