"Repeat for ___ secs" blocks

TheAdriCoolManDude

No Support. It would cause problems, like this:

repeat for (2) seconds { 
wait (20) secs
} :: control

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Seam49

Support, the workaround hardly ever works, and putting wait 20 seconds won't run at all, plus, if the time runs out in the middle, It just will skip the last bits, or at the top, well skip the whole thing, why, there are no reliable workarounds,

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SickBoi2000

Support!
I saw the soultions but i would make a custom block out of it.

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i support, would be useful in so many ways

the workaround is annoying and unreliable

SuperKamekArea

No support, you are just making a seconds version of the repeat block, you can tell others to avoid turbo mode and you can set this:

... :: hat
repeat (() * (30))
...
end
...

Also, isn't this rejected?

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SuperKamekArea wrote:
No support, you are just making a seconds version of the repeat block,

That's the point.

SuperKamekArea wrote:
you can set this:
... :: hat
repeat (() * (30))
...
end
...

That doesn't work.

SuperKamekArea wrote:
Also, isn't this rejected?

It isn't rejected.

DarthVader4Life

I'm getting real sick and tired of people saying “No support, there's a workaround.” Very rarely does a block get removed because of a workaround. so rare in fact, that the only instance of a block getting removed because of a workaround that i am 100% sure happened is the forever if block. even then the extremely simple workaround wasn't the only factor, apparently users didn't understand it either. and because a block has a workaround DOESN'T mean it shouldn't be added. so if you could kindly read this, that'd be great.

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cooldude-222

Support!
I was about to suggest this! It would look like this:

repeat for (10) seconds { 

} ::control

And work like this:

set [time v] to (timer)
repeat until <(timer) > ((time) + [10])

Last edited by cooldude-222 (July 22, 2020 03:50:29)

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cooldude-222

If you have a very accurate fps variable you could do this:

reset timer
Repeat ((fps) * (# of seconds))
...
end 
set [fps v] to (timer)

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Here's a workaround:

set [parameter v] to (timer)
repeat until <(timer) = ((parameter) + (. . .))>
. . .
end

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TheAdriCoolManDude wrote:
No Support. It would cause problems, like this:
repeat for (2) seconds { 
wait (20) secs
} :: control

This would just wait 20 seconds. Why no support because of one special case?

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Well, I'm kinda not really sure. I think that it is similar to forever if: It's not completely clear what it does. You can find it out pretty easily, but it's not totally obvious that it's just a repeat until kinda thing, not that it stops executing when the time is over. So, I guess, overall rather no support.

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op1298

You could just do:

reset timer
repeat until <(timer) = (...)>
...
end

Last edited by op1298 (July 26, 2020 04:15:43)

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I agree with this idea. Although there is a workaround, it's a hassle to implement. Plus too many variables gets confusing and annoying to manage.

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HTML-Fan

That workaround is way too easy. And, really, I don't know a single programming language with something so weird. Why can't you just check the time? And where would you use it?

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DarthVader4Life

HTML-Fan wrote:
That workaround is way too easy. And, really, I don't know a single programming language with something so weird. Why can't you just check the time? And where would you use it?

kindly read the post below.

DarthVader4Life wrote:
I'm getting real sick and tired of people saying “No support, there's a workaround.” Very rarely does a block get removed because of a workaround. so rare in fact, that the only instance of a block getting removed because of a workaround that i am 100% sure happened is the forever if block. even then the extremely simple workaround wasn't the only factor, apparently users didn't understand it either. and because a block has a workaround DOESN'T mean it shouldn't be added. so if you could kindly read this, that'd be great.

and the ambiguity of the forever if is not replicated with this.

repeat for (10) seconds { 
wait (20) secs
} ::control

would wait 20 secs.

repeat for (60) seconds { 
...
} ::control

would repeat everything in there until 60 secs has passed. if the script execution time exceeds 60 secs, the script inside would only run once.

Last edited by DarthVader4Life (July 26, 2020 13:46:31)

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op1298

I need this suggested block for one of my projects!

reset timer
repeat until <(timer) = [The amount of time it should repeat.]>
...
end

Last edited by op1298 (July 26, 2020 17:06:30)

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