while condition question

[JacobJ]

Hey all

I have a while (true) loop atm. But how can I use another script to make this loop false, if I don't want it to run anymore?

Can I make a variable like this:

fox = true;

And then put fox into the condition ()'s? And whenever I want to make the loop stop, then just:

fox = false; ?

I have tried, but it doesnt seem to work. Maybe something I have missed about this?

/Jacob

[CarlGustaffa]

why not:
fox = true;
while {fox} do {
...whatever
if (condition) then {fox = false};
};

[JacobJ]

Does the:

if (condition) then {fox = false};

have to be inside the while code? Can it not be in another script?

[MessiahUA]

Does the:

if (condition) then {fox = false};

have to be inside the while code? Can it not be in another script?

No it hasn't, you can change fox variable anywhere, because it's global.

[JacobJ]

Okay thanks, I will try that out and see if I can get it working.

[ArmASalt3]

while {true} do
{

if (fox == 1) then
{

code....
};};

put this in a script and run it at init.

Everytime you set fox = 1 (inside ANY SCRIPT in your mission, even in the mission editor... triggers.. etc), it will run the code inside the if statement. If you set fox = 0 it will not run it, until you change it back to 1. Do this as many times as you like =)

[JacobJ]

Are okay I see, thats another way to do it. Thank you for that example, I will try that out.