Check action every "x" time

ExcaBur

Hi.

My question is sample. What check action every "x" time? im create a need bar, and need what refresh each 1 minute for example and change Sprite (this is ready)

i can use yield(get_tree().create_timer(1.0), "timeout"), but how to do for bucle?, thanks

Sorry for my english, i translate for google :'(

newmodels

You can use delta and return to handle something like it.

var waitTime=60.00 # one minute in seconds var waitTimer=0

func _process(delta):

waitTimer+=delta if(waitTimer<waitTime): return waitTimer=0

The code that does the work follows

pass

cybereality

I would use a Timer for this. It would be the least code (actually no code, if you use the editor) and will be more reliable then trying to cobble a solution yourself. Add a Timer to your tree. Set the wait time to 60 seconds. Connect the timeout signal to a function of your choice (or let it make an automatic function for you). You can do this by clicking on the Timer, then in the Inspector on the right, click the Node tab, look for the timeout signal and right-click it and choose connect.

fire7side

Yeah, I looked up bucle and that means loop. So you want it to keep looping and checking. Your timer basically does that. Instead of creating it through code, just add it to the node containing the script and set it in the editor to timeout every minute and repeat. Then create a yield function like you did and call it in the ready function:

func ready():
	check_something()

func check_something():
	while(true):
	yield $timer.timeout()
	change_bar()

cybereality

If you need to count, just make a integer variable. Don't use while or yield, they won't work and will likely crash the game. So you can do something like this:

var times_to_count = 60
var counter = 0

func _process(delta):
    if counter <= 0:
        print("something happens here")
        counter = times_to_count
    counter -= 1

fire7side

Yeah, or if you do want to use a timer without a yield, just use the signal in the editor under the "node" tab:

on_timer_timeout():
       do_something()

timers are convenient and probably faster than writing the code so try them out. I shouldn't have used the yield function as an example.

ExcaBur

i did not know exist timer in godot (i am no search really), only i centered in code, Thanks, with that I can solve =)