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You can also delay execution of a script using "sleep", passing it a number in sixtieths of a second: | You can also delay execution of a script using "sleep", passing it a number in sixtieths of a second. This keyword was heavily used by Bungie West and could be considered their primary method of executing events with the right timing. Its usage is simple: | ||
sleep(60); # pause execution of BSL at this point for one second | sleep(60); # pause execution of BSL at this point for one second | ||
In Oni's level scripts, you will often see a call to "sleep" with an 'f' preceding the sixtieths of a second like this: "sleep(f60)". There is no change in functionality when using this character (it may be a relic of an earlier version of "sleep"), so you can leave it out. | |||
Note that you cannot have a sleep statement in a function that returns a value, probably to avoid variables being changed at unexpected times. | Note that you cannot have a sleep statement in a function that returns a value, probably to avoid variables being changed at unexpected times. | ||