[RGSS]Wait in Ruby

[Vear]

Hello, what command is doing the same thing as Wait event command? I need that to my script, and I don't want to add Wait after Call Script command. Please help me.

 

[Sarkilas]

The wait command is 'command_106' of the Interpreter. It adds a specific value * 2 to the wait count. The wait count is then processed through an update if it's more than 0, causing no other commands to be continued until this count reaches 0 (removing 1 per loop). It's not a single command at that. But hey, if you add this simple code above main, you can do it just as easily:

class Interpreter
  def wait_command(wait)
    @wait_count = wait * 2
  end
end

Simply use this call script:

$game_system.map_interpreter.wait_command(frames)

Replace 'frames' with an integer value. 20 is the same as 20 frames.

Hope this helps.

 

[Glitchfinder]

Actually, that won't work properly in a script. Instead, head on over to this script for a timer that will work inside scripts.

 

[Sarkilas]

Oh, it was inside a script. My bad.

 

[Sheol]

Make a little counter like this:

class MyScene

  def main
    @wait_time = 0
    loop do
      #..
      #...
      update
    end
    #......
   end
  
  def update
    if @wait_time > 0
      @wait_time -= 1
      return
    end
    #...
  end
end

To wait some frames, use @wait_time = 10

Or, just use this:

sleep(1000)

I'd use @wait_time code, as it will update the graphics when waiting.

 

[Zeriab]

If you are using a Call Script event command for triggering the script then you use a variant of what Sheol made:

class MyObject
  def self.run(frames_to_wait)
    @@wait_time = frames_to_wait if @@wait_time.nil?
    if @@wait_time > 0
      @@wait_time -= 1
      return false  #return FalseClass if you are using SDK 2.4+
    end
    # Your code
    #...
    # Set @@wait_time to nil so the process can be repeated
    @@wait_time = nil
    # Continue event process
    return true
  end
end

Then just use this script call:

MyObject.run

Note that this will not work for SDK 2.3 and below.

There are more ways of doing what you want to achieve. My way will not work if you want multiply events to run MyObject.run at the same time.
Choose which version suits you best.

*hugs*
- Zeriab