[fowlplay4]

there's nothing wrong with using a regular timeout.

polling (timeout, scheduleevent) is what's to be avoided if there's an applicable event (onplayerenters, onplayerhit, etc.) that can eliminate the need for a constantly running script.

the code would work exactly the same with a regular timeout!!!! unless u want to make inefficient baddies that tick every <0.05 sec.

PHP Code:

function onPlayerEnters() {
  setTimer(2 * this.aiPeriod);
}

function onTimeout() {
  if (players.size() <= 0)
    return;
  ai_execute();

  setTimer(this.aiPeriod);
}

function enterState(temp.state) {
  if (this.("ai_enter_"@ temp.state) != nil)
    this.("ai_enter_"@ temp.state)();
}

function executeState(temp.state) {
  if (this.("ai_execute_"@ temp.state) != nil)
    this.("ai_execute_"@ temp.state)();
}

function exitState(temp.state) {
  if (this.("ai_exit_"@ temp.state) != nil)
    this.("ai_exit_"@ temp.state)();
}

function changeState(temp.state) {
  if (this.currentState == temp.state) return;

  this.exitState(this.currentState);

  this.previousState = this.currentState;
  this.currentState = temp.state;

  this.enterState(this.currentState);

  setTimer(this.aiPeriod);
}

function ai_execute() {
  this.executeState(this.globalState);
  this.executeState(this.currentState);
}