Delays.. (Timers) and how to make them..

[Lord_Seston]

Im not looking for support on any custom scripts or anything like that, im just looking for a few answers:

1. What function do you call to set the SpeechHue of an NPC?
2. What function do you call to set the Hue of an NPC? (so their entire body is a different color, i know it doesnt work in 3D but it should still in 2D)
3. Most importantly: What function for the following do I call? : How do you make a delay (timer) so the NPC doesnt say everything all at once (I have him set to say a lot of lines, but i dont want them all to appear at once because then the person has to look in their journal to see what it said.. which defeats the purpose)

The NPC is a bear template (only a bit modified)

[XxSP1DERxX]

1) SpeechHue is the property you set
2) Hue is the property you set
3) That is difficult to explain, for each NPC its in a different place.

For the first two, you could always consult the docs. They are held at docs\types\Mobile.html

[Lord_Seston]

Originally Posted by XxSP1DERxX

1) SpeechHue is the property you set
2) Hue is the property you set
3) That is difficult to explain, for each NPC its in a different place.

For the first two, you could always consult the docs. They are held at docs\types\Mobile.html

Yes but:

Those are the methods to GET the SpeechHues and Hues..
how do you actually "SET" them? I dont need accessors, i need mutators..

[Aenima]

1 & 2:

If you're talking about scripts:

m.Hue = 0x26;

If you're talking in-game:

[set property value

3:
See the town crier script. It does just this.

[David]

There is a code segment in this thread that will help... General Question

[Lord_Seston]

I didnt realize that the properties were inherited sorry...

All I see is a DeleteTimer class...

Is there any already built in class (for RunUO) that can be instantiated?
So I can just make an object and use it right away..?

Like Timer timer = new Timer();

timer.pause(10000);
or something to that effect?

[David]

Most of RunUO executes in a single thread. Timers do not. When you start a timer, the rest of your script continues merrily on its way while the timer runs. What you can do with timers is call a static method in your calling class, or pass a referance to the instance of the calling class to your timer and call a public method. There is no Pause() method because the entire shard would pause, not just the calling script.

However if you would read the thread I refered you too, I addressed the exact same question with a scripted solution.

Originally Posted by David

There is a code segment in this thread that will help... General Question