Looping

[makeshift]

Hi all,

I need a bit of help with looping, my script seems to loop...but very slowly, when it gets to the last command and is supposed to loop, it takes AGES to complete the loop and do the script again.

Could anybody please help me?

Here's my script:

While 1
Sleep(5000)
MouseClick("left", 206, 312, 1, 0)
Sleep(500)
MouseClick("left", 206, 312, 1, 0)
Sleep(1000)
$checksum = PixelChecksum(183,262,234,263)
While $checksum = PixelChecksum(183,262,234,263)
  Sleep(100)
WEnd
Sleep(100)
MouseClick("left", 206, 312, 1, 0)
Sleep(50)
MouseClick("left", 206, 312, 1, 0)
Sleep(5000)
MouseClick("left", 206, 312, 1, 0)
Sleep(50)
MouseClick("left", 206, 312, 1, 0)
WEnd
Exit

[McGod]

It's coded to sleep for 5 seconds each loop.

Sleep(5000)
While 1
MouseClick("left", 206, 312, 1, 0)
Sleep(500)
MouseClick("left", 206, 312, 1, 0)
Sleep(1000)
$checksum = PixelChecksum(183,262,234,263)
While $checksum = PixelChecksum(183,262,234,263)
  Sleep(100)
WEnd
Sleep(100)
MouseClick("left", 206, 312, 1, 0)
Sleep(50)
MouseClick("left", 206, 312, 1, 0)
Sleep(5000)
MouseClick("left", 206, 312, 1, 0)
Sleep(50)
MouseClick("left", 206, 312, 1, 0)
WEnd
Exit

That might fix it, it sleeps 5 seconds once.

[Paulie]

well, your script has many sleeps of 5000 milliseconds (5 secs), specifically, the one at the very beginning. I ran the script and i didn't see anything that i didn't expect to see.

With more detailed intructions in regards to what you want it to do, it will likely be possible to adjust it to however it needs to be.

Edited October 2, 2007 by Paulie

[makeshift]

Well actually, i intended to put that 5 seconds of sleep there, to account for the ultra-lag after the last command ( It's for a game, i know, it's pretty basic, but so is the game ) But it loops twice...then it takes like 5 minutes to loop again...and 10 mins...

[Blue_Drache]

Hardcoded waits are usually the last resort, since lag can, and does, change.

Is there something on the screen that's a constant colour until said lag vanishes? If so, use a soft wait in an infinate loop (with a maximum to bail out on).

Soft wait example:

; Loop approximately 5 seconds while we wait for a pixel at 100,100 to change to pure red.
$intCount = 0
While $intCount < 500
    $intCount += 1
    Sleep(10)
    $intColour = PixelGetColor(100, 100)
    If Hex($intColour) = 0xFF0000 Then ExitLoop
WEnd

Edit: Tidied script.

Edited October 3, 2007 by Blue_Drache

[Uten]

You may want to review this code pice

While $checksum = PixelChecksum(183,262,234,263)
  Sleep(100)
WEnd

Edited October 3, 2007 by Uten

[makeshift]

Ah, it works now, may of just been problems on my machine, but thanks for the code anyway. I'll definitely use it.