Applying Wait

[Indsh]

I'm using a show animation script

$gamePlayer.requestAnimation(8);

And I would like it to wait until finished. In the script calls it shows

this.setWaitMode('animation');

I have tried a few things but don't know how to apply this practically.

Any help would be appricated.

 

[Andar]

The problem here is that on the Computer side, wait works differently than most people assume.

Time is basically handled by a main game loop, that processes everything.
The wait from the event code level becomes a "skip processing this event or element until conditioned x is met", with the condition being a number of frames having passed.

So you need to give the other game element, the one you want to wait, a command that the game loop recognizes as " pass this until ", the animation itself is the wrong place for the command.
And that is why the code talks about waitmodes and so on.

Sorry, I can't tell you what command or code you need in your special case, I just wanted to give you some background to understand what is going on in the engine when you give the wait command or use a wait option.

 

[Indsh]

I apprciate the answer.

In my actully game I can just put a normal "wait" command, but it doesn't quite work the same.
Really I am trying to find this answer out of curiosity as I assume it will lead to more findings so hopefully someone has it!

Cheers @Andar

 

[Ossra]

You almost had it working. You will need to tell the Game Interpreter what character is currently playing the animation.

$gamePlayer.requestAnimation(8);
this._character = $gamePlayer;
this.setWaitMode('animation');

 

[Indsh]

And that was the learning I was talking about! thank you very much @Ossra

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