Timer for Bash 'em All

1

Hey,

The Bash 'em All level requires the use of bash. My shield has a 6 second cycle period. In order to “Bash 'em All”, I had to wait 6 seconds between attacks.

I set up the following loop, and it worked. Is there a better solution?

while enemyIndex < len(enemies):
    enemy = enemies[enemyIndex]
    if self.isReady("bash"):
        self.bash(enemy)
        enemyIndex += 1
    else:
        enemyIndex = enemyIndex
    self.moveXY(40, 33)

Thanks,
George34

2

I set up an alternative timer using self.now. I think that this solution uses fewer resources, but I’m not really sure.

while enemyIndex < len(enemies):
    enemy = enemies[enemyIndex]
    if self.isReady("bash"):
        self.bash(enemy)
        timer = self.now()
        count = self.now()
        while timer - count <= 6:
            count = self.now
        enemyIndex += 1

Looking at it, again, I don’t think this should have worked. “count” is continuously growing, so “timer - count” should have returned a negative number, the condition should failed on the first iteration. One of the functions is returning an absolute value.

3

That second while loop looks like it should result in an infinite loop, but you’re implying that it passed?

If you wanted to wait 6 seconds, you could also try self.wait()

And is there any need for enemyIndex = enemyIndex?

4

Actually, I;m stating that it passed.

I didn’t know about self.wait()

enemyIndex = enemyIndex is the key( I think) to making the timer in the first loop I tried. The first if executes when bash is ready, and enemyIndex only increments after bash is ready. If the “if bash is ready” statement doesn’t execute, I need to catch the loop and preserve my place in the arrary, so I used “enemyIndex = enemyIndex”. Without the else statement, I would have fallen out of the loop and only attacked once.