variable causes game to freeze!

Posted By: rtsgamer706

variable causes game to freeze! - 01/31/10 14:09

I am a programmer making a simple sci-fi action game with lite-c.
I have a very strange problem...
my bad guy is using the action below:

action ufo_stuff()
{
ufo = me;
var ufo_in = 0;
while (1)
{
c_move (my, vector(0*time_step, 0.7, 0), nullvector, GLIDE); // move the ship right
ufo_in += 1;
if (ufo_in >= 6000)
{
ent_create("g_laser.mdl", vector (ufo.x, ufo.y, ufo.z), e_fire); //create space junk
}
wait (1);
}
}

yet for some reason the variable "ufo_in" causes my game to freeze but I don't know how or why.
if I watch the variable "ufo_in" the watch says that it stays at "0".
The reason that that doesn't make sence is that after a specific amount of time the game freezes.
That has to be connected to the viable because if I make:

if (ufo_in >= 6000)

larger it takes longer to freeze and vice versa.
I am so confused as to what to do, please help.
rtsgamer706

Posted By: Progger

Re: variable causes game to freeze! - 01/31/10 20:38

there is a problem with ufo_in

try to do a ufo_in=clamp(ufo_in,0,6005)
hope it helps (:

Posted By: testDummy

Re: variable causes game to freeze! - 01/31/10 20:59

var ufo_in not reset, ENTITY created every frame after ufo_in at 6000+?
var ufo_in addition is frame-rate dependent?
c_move right-directional movement is frame-rate dependent?
Unnecessary multiplication of time_step and 0 in c_move call?
No check against NULL for ufo ENTITY pointer in ent_create call?

Code:

action ufo_stuff()
{
	ufo = me;
	var ufo_in = 0;
	while (me != NULL)
	{
		c_move (me, vector(0, 0.7 * time_step, 0), nullvector, GLIDE); // move the ship right
		//ufo_in += 1;
		ufo_in += time_step;
		if (ufo_in >= 6000)
		{
			ent_create("g_laser.mdl", my.x, e_fire); //create space junk
			ufo_in -= 6000;
		}
		wait (1);
	}
}