$gameInterpreter.wait() doesn't work?

[Firgof]

I've been referencing the 'script equivalent of command calls' list a lot lately ( link ) but the listing for the Wait command doesn't work.


I can't locate $gameInterpreter in my console, firstly.  I was able to find it being created (or at least where I think it's created, I'm an amateur with JS) in rpg_objects.js and, in fact, that Game_Interpreter function does have a wait method which takes a duration as its parameter.  However, even so, calling it returns that $gameInterpreter is undefined.  If I call Game_Interpreter instead it (of course) returns that it doesn't have a Wait method.


So what is the proper way to call for a Wait inside a script execution event?  This is what my event looks like at the moment:





What I'm trying to achieve is a sweep of audio from the left-most pan to the right-most pan with a short delay between each played sound so it doesn't create overlapping tones and takes a little bit to go from left to right.

 

[nio kasgami]

because this not how it's work.


your method is strongly wrong you can't declare variable like this.


honestly what you are trying to do is a "gradual" song increasing.


and I do think this would require a plugin who edit how work HTML audio.


and pan is setup to a value of 0 to 1 

 

[Nicke]

Use this instead:


this.wait(60);


Then you have your code after. No need using a for loop.

 

[Firgof]

No need using a for loop

Pan goes from -100 to 100 in RMMV's event editor, I want it to play a sound once for every increment of 5 between -100 and 100, to create a sweep.  Playing it once won't be enough and I don't want to put down 80 'play sound' and 'wait' commands.

honestly what you are trying to do is a "gradual" song increasing.

Hm?  But that's not at all what I'm trying to do.  It's similar in execution - but I'm not changing its volume from 0 to 100, I'm changing its pan from the left-most to the right-most speaker.

and pan is setup to a value of 0 to 1 

Interesting.  I'll check that but at first blush my event did seem to work properly with the -100 to 100 cycle.

this.wait(60);

Aha.  That would make sense.  I didn't consider that possibility.  Let me check into that real quick.

and I do think this would require a plugin who edit how work HTML audio.

Definitely not true.  Without the wait command it functions perfectly.  Replicating the facisimile of a forloop in the database made it work fine - but it doesn't solve my query over why the listed command ($gameInterpreter.wait(x)) isn't working.  


This works, although it's more annoying to set up than a for loop in the scripted event execution command.

 

[Tsukihime]

@Firgof


// Wait
Game_Interpreter.prototype.command230 = function() {
    this.wait(this._params[0]);
    return true;
};


This is the definition, so you should be able to just use


this.wait(4)

but it doesn't solve my query over why the listed command ($gameInterpreter.wait(x)) isn't working.  

Perhaps they mean you need to replace $gameinterpreter with an actual reference to a Game_Interpreter object. For example if you're calling from a script call, `this` would work just fine.


I don't know, different programmers have different ways of representing things I guess.

 

[Firgof]

this.wait(frames) does in fact work.  I've made a note of it in the official spreadsheet for the script call.


Note to others who might stumble on this topic also looking to pan a sound:  I'm using very short sounds which I've modified to the exact length in frames * 60 seconds I expect each step to take.  Obviously this can result in stutters, gaps, and lots of clashing noise if not handled delicately.  I have the benefit of working in a game project where the player character is exploring a glitchy computer-generated environment so that sort of audio processing error is actually just fine in my use-case.  Beware if you can't guarantee that framerate or don't have a sound short enough to fit in those small increments of time.