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Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 => Help Desk => Scripting => Topic started by: Doodles_Inc on September 16, 2017, 08:31:29 pm

Title: Stop a loop?
Post by: Doodles_Inc on September 16, 2017, 08:31:29 pm

You might think that this is a joke, but, I really suck at scripting since I started it this week, and I need help so, after the loop is completed, he stops, thanks in advance!
If you're wondering how my code is looking... here it is: https://pastebin.com/dJ45jkGa

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Double Post Merge: September 16, 2017, 10:54:21 pm

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Made it, you can see it in my pastebin.

Title: Re: Stop a loop?
Post by: Wolfilms on September 17, 2017, 03:52:52 pm

It looks like you are waiting for a player to enter 2 zones at once?

Title: Re: Stop a loop?
Post by: Doodles_Inc on September 17, 2017, 10:58:00 pm

Quote from: Wolfilms on September 17, 2017, 03:52:52 pm

It looks like you are waiting for a player to enter 2 zones at once?

Not at once, I managed to finish the script, I was only waiting for someone to answer so I could put this thread as solved.

Title: Re: Stop a loop?
Post by: Wolfilms on September 18, 2017, 12:08:45 am

oh ok

Title: Re: Stop a loop?
Post by: Archaicvirus on November 30, 2017, 01:23:41 am

I know you solved the issue, but I don't think you fully understand how while() loops work. Figured I'd explain a little to help you out.

Everything inside {curly braces} will loop forever until while(true) is evaluated as false - unless you call a break. It will work the way you're doing it (saw the pastebin, lol btw) however it is completely unnecessary if you call a wait() statement.

Basically, loops in general are intended to repeat or iterate a block of code until some condition is met. Logically if you're waiting() for a zone entrance, what code do you need to repeat? None. When you call waittill("zone_enter"), the script halts and does not process the next line until that notification is recieved, thus making a loop irrelevant. Then the next waittill("zone_enter") gets called and halts again until the player enters. So just get rid of the loop altogether, and write your code as normal. Ill give you a few examples for the sake of it. I'm no expert coder, but I can teach what I know.

//This example counts 10 player slide actions, prints the total to the screen, then breaks out of the loop & ends the function.
function example_loop()
{
	slides = 0;
	max_slides = 10;
	players = GetPlayers();
	player = players[0];

	while(1)
	{
		if(player isSliding())
		{
			slides++;
			IPrintLnBold("[" + slides + "] Slides have been detected");
			if(slides >= max_slides)
			{
				break;
			}
		}
		wait(1);
	}
}

//This ex. uses a for() loop, counts & prints the array of zombies alive. You don't need a break statement as 'i' counts up with zombies.size.
//Once 'i' is greater than zombies.size, then middle statement in the loop becomes false, breaking the loop.
function example_loop2()
{
	zombies = GetAISpeciesArray("axis", "all");

	for(i = 0; i < zombies.size; i++)
	{
		IPrintLnBold("[" + i + 1 + "] zombies have been detected");
	}

}

//Or you could do
function example_loop3()
{
	i = 0;
	foreach(zombie in GetAISpeciesArray("axis", "all"))
	{
		IPrintLnBold("[" + i + 1 + "] zombies have been detected");
		i++;
	}
}