Wait() : How do I pause execution for x seconds ?
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| I'm wondering how I would go around pausing my code for x seconds.I used a counter until x = y but it's not a measure of time. I'm looking for something like this... do routine wait (5 seconds) do another routine wait (2 seconds) Thanks in advance. |
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This is what you want...Delay 1000 ' delay program execution for 1 second |
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| oh, cool . Thanks mate. |
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| Graphics 800,600,0 'set gfx mode DrawText "asd",30,100 Delay 2000 DrawText "Vasd",100,230 Delay 2000 this doesn't appear to work for me :( |
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You need to Flip the backbuffer to draw anything to the screen...Graphics 800,600,0 DrawText "asd",30,100 Flip Delay 2000 DrawText "Vasd",100,230 Flip Delay 2000 |
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| doh, thanks again Stuart |
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