infinite loop while doing other stuff?

[louieansonng]

Hey, is there a way of making an infinite loop while it does other actions? I used the endless loop on a cone to make it a tornado, but I want it to suck things at the same time, and when it sucks a human, the tornado stops...

[x2495iiii]

Sure. Have them happen in separate methods that are called from the same do together method.

[Niteshifter]

I would personally recommend to not use infinite loops as you can't start and stop it in case you want to check for bugs. The way I go about doing this is using boolean variables and the while event ;).

[louieansonng]

Thanks for the replies. It took me a while to figure out how the variables in Alice work...turns out the parameters are below the methods...that's why i couldn't drag the variables I made in the properties window..lol

[Dameria]

I would recommend using recursive methods, where there is an if/else statement saying if a boolean variable "tornadoOn" == true, then it spins a little bit and then calls upon the same method. And then you can have a method in it where if something happens (where you want the tornado to stop), then you do tornadoOn == false. So it keeps spinning until tornadoOn == false, and then stops the loop.

With an infinite loop there is almost no way to stop the method.

[zonedabone]

Calling a recursive method over and over again can crash alice, not just the world, but ALICE!!!!!!!:eek:

I think it takes around a couple thousand times, but it does!!!!

[Dameria]

I know, but that is why you have to control the recursive method with a simple if/else statement. If you can control how many times you want the method to loop, then it can be safe.