Triggers

[jms 0]

hi again, guys!

here's the thing.  every time the game value 'game.g_day' increments by 1 i'd like to run a certain function in my script.
the only way i can see this happening at the moment is by creating an advice object which contains a link to my function.  eg, an advice pops up with a certain link, you click it, and it executes your function.
i am looking for something more automatic.
is there any way that each time g_day increments by 1, i can have a certain function run without creating an advice object?

[Daeley 46]

there's a workaround to periodically run a function, but I doubt it will work every day... this would severely increase computational power required anyway.

the values in the advice triggers are checked on a continuous base, so if you make an advice like this:

a = create_advice_cityplanning(

"1234567")

a.type = advice_types.ENVIRONMENT

a.trigger = "Do_My_Function( ) "

a.title = [[dummy text]]

a.message = [[dummy text]]

the function Do_My_Function() will be checked peridically... just make sure it returns false and the message will never trigger. Be sure to use a random number for the news ID, and don't give your global variables and functions an obvious name...

 

[jms 0]

thanks daeley, once again!!