Tutorials/Stopping Gameplay for a certain amount of time

This simple tutorial will show you how to stop gameplay for a set amount of seconds, using scripting.

This will literally freeze the game for a specified amount of time.

Wait() Function

To freeze the game, create a simple function like so:

function Behavior:wait(seconds)	
        local _start = os.time()
	local _end = _start+seconds
	while (_end ~= os.time()) do
        -- whatever --
	end
end

What this will do is "Wait", obviously. You can easliy call this function from anywhere in the script, however you would like.

An example of this would be:

function Behavior:Awake()  

end

function Behavior:Update()

if CraftStudio.Input.WasButtonJustPressed( "u" ) then
    
        Behavior:wait(5)
        print "Aww yeehaw!"
    
    end


end

function Behavior:wait(seconds)	
         local _start = os.time()
 	local _end = _start+seconds
 	while (_end ~= os.time()) do
         -- whatever --
 	end
 end

 

This script will, upon pressing the "u" key, freeze the game for 5 seconds and then print "Aww yeehaw!" to the console.

Happy CraftStudioing! --Wolfbanejackal