Turning and Running (ie. pathing)

[abuckau907]

Sorry, had a problem w/ a text box causing program to become unresponsive..solve it, this thread is just wasting space. Please erase.

If it doesn't get erased...does anyone have thoughts/advice about using the keyboard to move around the world vs. using memwrites and MoveToClick() or w/e? For most of my stuff I normally press a key, then enter a loop that unpresses the key when a condition is met (ie. if IsFacingObject(theObj) exit loop/Unpress turn key) or key_down(w), enter loop..if objDistance < 20, unpress
basically.

So far it's working (..testing now..will probably have a few minor glitches) but it turns correctly (to within .1 rad or target's location) (...unless is 100000meters away :P of course) and..from what I can see, runs to correct distance (within 2-3 meters) so..i'll probably stay with it..but, any thoughts?

[Reconsider]

"sometimes I get "Program not responding" probably because it thinks the loop is infinite? Something like.."

You have an infinite loop, naturally your program will hang up there..
Put it in a thread if possible, or a timer since it's VB.

[abuckau907]

About threads: I've never studied them/used them --> I know the basics (create a new thread so it can do stuff while my other thread does other stuff....do you think (obviously w/o seeing my code u can't know) I'll really need multithreading or...I just don't want to have to learn something I'm not really going to use..I mean, I see the benefits, but ..will I probably need them or...advice?

[Reconsider]

Well.. your programs execution is in the infinite loop, hence the "program not responding", because the programs routines to update window etc. are outside your loop :P

[Nesox]

you will need multithreading

[abuckau907]

Thanks, googling when I get home. Mods should close this thread...do you guys chat in irc a lot or something...most of the stuff I ask you guys doesn't really deserve its own thread...or ...is there a way to let users erase their own posts? Thanks guys.