Is there a "wait" command in RGSS?

[Firestalker5]

Is there a command in RGSS that allows you to "pause" the script for a certain time frame and the execute the rest of the script when that time frame is up?


Example:

I want a box to stay open for 5 seconds. I make a script and tell it to open then "wait" 5 seconds and close. Is that possible?

 

[Trickster]

there are two ways

you can use
sleep(seconds) to pause the script

or you can do this

in the main method add this

@wait_count = 0

in the first lines of the update method add this

if @wait_count > 0
  @wait_count -= 1
  return
end

and then whenever you want to wait do this

@wait_count = frames

where frames is the number of frames to wait

in your case you want

@wait_count = 5 * Graphics.frame_rate

and that'll be five seconds (or you could estimate and say 100)

but I really prefer the second method over the first

 

[Firestalker5]

Thank you, Trickster/Sephirothspawn. I really appreciazte it.