I need help with flags!

[Boco]

Uh-oh! I'm probably misunderstanding your results.

I thought your sequence using two flags with one delayed failed because the Delay modifier didn't work as expected. So I was wondering if DelayPerFlag, which theoretically can be coded as an equivalent to Delay (if its mask argument is restricted to 1 flag), would succeed where Delay failed.

Reviewing your comments, it seems I overlooked that the culprit could have been the mask statement. It's good you tested Count, too. Someone mentioned to me (Techumseh?) that the Threshold argument didn't work, but that the Count did.

I'd rename myself to SlowThinker, but the name's taken. Are you saying that both Delay and Threshold/Count failed to work as expected?

I'd check this myself, but I'm knee deep in transporters at the moment.

 

[Mercator]

Well, I think there might be a chance that the Delay is the problem after all, but I've been too lazy to test anything further, nor have I tested it with DelayPerFlag.

So I don't really know what the problem is, I only know there is a problem... I guess I'll just rename myself to SlowDoer.

 

[yoshi]

And I'll rename myself to SlowReplier...(cough)...doesn't have quite the same ring to it.

Sorry I took so long to reply considering the time and effort you put into finding a solution to my problem. As I understand it, the Delay causes the program to ignore flag state.

I was thinking up something like what Mercator was talking about earlier concerning the use of CT to counter the delayed CT but I got realy mixed up and started seeing double by the end of it.

I'll just assume that this just can't be done using flags without making it more complicated than it's worth. Thanks M and B.

 

[Mercator]

Originally posted by yoshi
Sorry I took so long to reply considering the time and effort you put into finding a solution to my problem.

No problem... Trying to solve problems like this is part of the reason I love Civ2. I'll probably try some more in future moments of boredom.