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This is what I use. Works great. Only problem is the events aren't free()'d when executed. Easy fix. >-----Original Message----- >From: Bobby "Chil" Bailey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2002 9:25 PM >To: [email protected] >Subject: Re: Descriptor delay > > >On Tuesday 02 July 2002 07:30 pm, Chad Simmons wrote: >> --- J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > Anyone know how to work a decent delay in descriptor returning? >> > >> > WAIT_STATE just pauses command parsing, anyone know how to pause, >> > temporarily, the descriptor from returning something? >Function specific >> > of course... For example... >> > >> > Send_to_char("blah") >> > <-----five seconds----> >> > send_to_char(blahhhh...") >> > >> > I need at least a hint on how to add a five second delay like such. >> > >> > I hope you get what I mean. >> >> Yes. You want an event queue. They are fairly simple to >implement, and >> allow for this sort of delayed messanging as well as delayed >actions, etc. >> (as an aside, this should really be in a FAQ somewhere, >since everyone is >> always asking for this sort of functionality) In anycase, >you can look at >> http://www.daimi.au.dk/~jobo/pages/event_queue.html for an >example and >> description of the way one person implemented it in their >mud.. I don't see >> any readily available sources to show you other examples. >> >> ~Kender >> > >DalekenMUD, an envy-derived codebase, has a working (and very >decent, at >least as comparing it to those seen implemented in other >private sources) >event queue system. If I remember correctly, the homepage for >this source is >http://www.geocities.com/dalekenmud/ > >If you can't find it there, try the usual code repositories. (ftp.game.org, www.kyndig.com, etc) -- Bobby "Chil" Bailey | "The only source of knowledge is experience." Coder's Repository Admin | -- Albert Einstein Customer Support | PGP Keys: http://chil.kyndig.com/pgg Server Administrator | Homepage: http://chil.kyndig.com/ (soon!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Kyndig.Com - Online Gaming Resource Site -- http://www.kyndig.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- ROM mailing list [email protected] http://www.rom.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/rom
