can "wait" use a variable?

[VRS-1]

Greetings.

Is it supposed to be possible to have the "wait" command access a variable for the time to wait?

I've used "save to variable" with the variable name "buttontesttime", information 5000. Then if I set the text of anything to %variable>buttontesttime% it shows 5000, so I presume the saving is working correctly.

If I put "variable>buttontesttime" or "%variable>buttontesttime%" into the Wait(ms) box, however, it doesn't do anything. (It crashes if I click "test" within the event editor, and simply never gets to anything AFTER the wait if executed from within Xlobby).

Am I missing something or does this not work in this way or both?


Thanks!

-VRS

[VRS-1]

68 views and no response... I'll take that as a "no it doesn't work that way, give up."

For anyone attempting anything similar, the best I've figured is that "xlobby:run event" CAN take a variable, so you can set variable>timerevent to "10 minutes", and then run event, "%variable>timerevent%" and have a ten minute "wait" inside an event called "10 minutes". Kindof sloppy, and a bit ridiculous... requires a separate event for each time value that you require, but if you only require 3 or 5 different values, it works like a charm and is easy to set up.

Cheers,

-VRS

[m_ski]

Alternatively, use a few lines of code with the Xscript plugin.

[VRS-1]

Yeah that does sound smarter... and easier.

I didn't have the XScript Plugin at the time this was set up...

I'm sure it'll all go smoothly the second time around!

-VRS