(RMXP) LOOPING PROBLEM

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MKID232
435
08/18/2010 03:04 PM
Is there a particular reason why every time I make a loop and it gets to the loop in-game, it freezes?
bahlete442456234996
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MKID232
435
LockeZ
I'd really like to get rid of LockeZ. His play style is way too unpredictable. He's always like this too. If he ran a country, he'd just kill and imprison people at random until crime stopped.
5958
08/18/2010 03:25 PM
Yeah, you have to end the loop! Otherwise, it's like the time when Sailor Saturn used Time Stop, and then realized she forgot to ever learn Time Start.
MKID232
435
08/18/2010 11:02 PM
Well, I'm still confused, slightly: Whats the point of a loop if you have to end it? What good does it do to have one going?
KingArthur
(￣▽￣)ノ De-facto operator of the unofficial RMN IRC channel.
1217
08/18/2010 11:38 PM
A loop is used to efficiently repeat a set of commands a certain number of times before proceeding.

An example is adding +2 gold to a player's inventory every second for 30 seconds before proceeding with whatever you want to do next. In psuedo-code, it would be something like:
loop
	gold +=2 // Add gold.
	timer +=1 // Increment our timer.
	// If 30 seconds have passed, break out of the loop.
	if (timer == 30)
		break loop
	end
	wait (1 second) // Otherwise, wait 1 second before looping again.
end
MKID232
435
08/18/2010 11:40 PM
Well, how does that work for making a fire during a conversation stay lit, but eventually go out at the conversation's end?
KingArthur
(￣▽￣)ノ De-facto operator of the unofficial RMN IRC channel.
1217
08/18/2010 11:45 PM
loop
	fire_animation
	if (conversation_fin == true)
		break loop
	end
end
Obviously, it would be more complex than that but that's the basic concept of a loop: Repeating a set of commands until a certain condition is met.
MKID232
435
08/18/2010 11:46 PM
Ugh...so mind hurting.
KingArthur
(￣▽￣)ノ De-facto operator of the unofficial RMN IRC channel.
1217
08/18/2010 11:48 PM
Let's change this to a real-world scenario then:

1. You are told to wash dishes until you wash 30 dishes in total.
2. You repeat the steps of washing a dish one by one until you reach a total of 30 dishes washed.
3. You finish washing dishes and wait for further instructions.

In psuedo-code, this would be:
loop
	clean_dish += 1
	if (clean_dish == 30)
		break loop
	end
end

Was that a bit easier to understand? ;-;
MKID232
435
08/18/2010 11:53 PM
So I don't have to put a conversation in the middle of that loop, then? That's a relief.
Aten
1570
08/18/2010 11:53 PM
A switch would work just as well, judging by his condition's description.

EDIT
And if you ask how to use a switch, I'll hit you.
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