Framecallback runs while paused. Feature ? cosmetic bug ?

[Frame]

Testing Framecallbacks for the polaris animated Turrets, and i noticed that the the framecallback ofcourse runs while the game is paused, however that means anything i put into a call back funtion would run while the game is paused, even
turret rotating and/or tracking, even the spawning of turrets projectiles/plasma bolts...

cosmetic bug or feature ?...

Cheers Frame...

[Thargoid]

It's a feature. You can check for the delay between the callbacks though, and if it's zero then the game is paused. You can use that to disable script operation if the game is paused.

If I remember correctly both points were included in the release documentation when the feature was introduced.

[CommonSenseOTB]

Are you serious? Nothing should run while the game is paused. Do timers run as well? Whatever the case timers and framecallbacks should be similar in this and if allowed to run while the game is paused there should be some way to shut them down if the game is paused and restart them again if not paused. This could have applications for animations and intermission screens while paused so I would rather see both run while paused but have control over it. Let us know what you find/decide about this please.

Not to derail this thread but I have not heard from you on the Save Anywhere PMs I sent you. If it pleases you to do so may I please have a decision on this. Thanx.

[Frame]

Thanks Thargoid, i cannot however find any documentation on the wiki, nor on BB, I have slight memory of it being announced..

CommenSenseOTB: i'm still thinking, i mean, i know I have been gone for a while, but that was due to double crashing HDDs..

I mean I already gave control away for the Rock Hermit Locator & the Fuel Collector, but that was to two very well known residents of these boards , while I have been looking at your numeric HUD and found it very impressing.. So i'm still thinking about it...

In regard to nothing should run, I was unaware of the delay measure, & that was what i needed... a FrameCallBack should IMO allways run, since frames are drawn, even when paused. I need to bind the movements of the turrets to time then though, while i like the idea of doing things in between frames...

Cheers Frame...

[Svengali]

http://wiki.alioth.net/index.php/Oolite ... ce:_Global .-)

[Thargoid]

It's mentioned here in the RFC thread for the topic, linked from the release announcement of 1.75.0 when the feature was introduced.

The delta parameter (which you can access as a parameter of the function) is the one to check to see if the game is paused.

[JensAyton]

Are you serious? Nothing should run while the game is paused. Do timers run as well?

Well, yes; technically timers run when paused, but they can’t fire while pause because they run in game real time, and game real time does not advance while paused.

Frame callbacks are invoked every frame, no exceptions. Exceptions make life complicated, and reduce flexibility.

Whatever the case timers and framecallbacks should be similar in this

Why? Frame callbacks are designed to look entirely different from timers, as they fill different functions.

and if allowed to run while the game is paused there should be some way to shut them down

By whom, and why? Most meaningful frame callbacks will either be tracking objects that aren’t moving, scaling their actions by the time delta parameter, or both, so they’ll automatically pause anyway. Any other frame callbacks can check for a zero delta.