onHotKey continue

[Cerveza]

Is this a good way to wait for a hotkey to continue?

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set %waiting_to_start #TRUE
while %waiting_to_start = #TRUE
{
  onhotkey F10 alt
    set %waiting_to_start #FALSE
}

That would just cycle waiting for alt+F10 then continue? Should I put a "wait 1" in there?

[Superslayer]

That looks fine with me.  This is what I use with no wait and so far never a problem.

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  set #targcurs 1
  while #true
  {
    repeat
      onhotkey %hotkey
        goto Island_End
    until #targcurs = 0
    break
  }

[Paulonius]

I just tried it with and without a wait 1 and it doesn't appear to affect CPU load either way.  Appears to be a pretty gentle loop. 

[Cerveza]

Wow, thanks Paul! Appreciate that.

I thought it was a slick little tidbit... should work well with a project I've been working on. I want the user to be able to load and run the script from anywhere to get the setup completed, then use a hotkey when they are in position to begin running the main script.

[manwinc]

That would work great with a looter

[Cerveza]

No doubt!

I never cared much for onhotkey. It always seems sluggish to me. But that's when it's used in a loop with other hotkey checks. I've even run a separate script to watch hotkeys and passed the info via globals to the main script.

This little thing just seems pretty slick. I think it'll work well with my application.

And, of course, anyone who can make use of this code is welcome to it.

[Masscre]

I miss the little black fart cloud that used to appear behind the little UO guys when they failed at casting a spell ?!

[Cerveza]

It's still there. Get the ID of that fart?

[TrailMyx]

I miss the little black fart cloud that used to appear behind the little UO guys when they failed at casting a spell ?!

Is that gone?  Wow, I guess I haven't played EA/OSI for a while.