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   mack
   Member

   I have a scheduler that runs at a 1/60 interval. The problem is that inside the tick method that is under this schedule I have an if statement that triggers every 5 seconds. In doing so when the 5 second mark comes up, it gets triggered many times as long as the timer is at the 5 second mark. What I want to do is once the 5 second mark comes up the if statement goes through only once instead of multiple times since with the 1/60 interval, the tick method gets called several times while having the time as 5. What is the best solution without having another timer. Thanks in advance.

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   patrickC
   Member

   I would just have a variable to keep the value of time when it last went through that IF statement.

   ie, in your header
   

   float lastTimeExecuted;

   in your tick
   

   //check if it's at your 5 second mark
   if(...) {
      //check if lastTimeExecuted is not equal to the current time value
      //if it's equal we bail and do nothing, if it's not equal we run through the set of
      //operations you need
      if(lastTimeExecuted!=currentTime) {
      //your code
      ...
      //and set lastTimeExecuted to currentTime, so next tick it won't meet the IF
      //condition and won't fire again
      lastTimeExecuted=currentTime;
      }
   }

   But maybe I misunderstood your questions?
   Also, how are you checking the 5 second mark?

   Posted 2 years ago #
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   jd
   Member

   Use another timer that runs once every 5 seconds. There is no performance loss and you don't have to play games. What is your reason for avoiding another timer?

   Otherwise patrickC's solution works.

   Posted 2 years ago #

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