I want to quick thank everyone who posted when I asked about this the first time (a couple weeks back). Unfortunately, I'm still having some problems.
Here is a quick rehash of what I would like to do. I would like to implement delays in progs such that the program would continue where it left off after a certain, builder defined, delay (just a quick fyi, I'm using mobprogs by Newt and obj and room prog additions by Ralgha). For example: say Hello. delay 2 say Nice day isn't it. When the prog executes, the mob would say "Hello.", there would be a 2 second delay, and then it would say "Nice day isn't it." Now, conceptually this seems pretty simple from the answers you all gave me previously (though this is obviously a little simplified). Copy the prog code somewhere (I am thinking that doing this right in the char_data object may be a good idea). To do this, I was thinking that a new struct might be in order, which would hold the prog code as well as a pointer to the line directly after the "delay" line (and possibly some other program_flow originating variables)(this saves me from having to modify all the previous code in order to reach that execution line, I'm not the best with C style char array manipulation so I stay away from that as much as possible). Once the delay is over, load up the new code struct and let it rip. My main concern is that I may have to have a special program_flow type method to finish things off, though in the best case I will be able to make some minor modifications to program_flow. The unfortunate point is that I am having a difficult time really understanding program_flow, and am therefore having a problem coming up with a solid design. So, what is it that I'm really asking? First, does the brief explanation above seem to make sense? Just one more clarification, I was planning removing/modifying the current 'delay' prog to handle the timing issues, and rather than triggering a different prog altogether, it would pick up where it left off. I guess the next would be if anyone would be willing to help more of a one on one basis if I continue to have problems. I don't want to spam the list with particulars that most are going to care nothing about. Thanks for your time. Boh
