[minimoney1]

Hey, I had a question.
I'm trying to reprint a usermessage, so I block the original and reprint one through a timer.
But having hooked TextMsg, there may be times in which multiple messages get fired at the same frame, in which timers get created with the same interval, and that's where my question comes.
What determines the timer order?
I talked to dvander about this on IRC, he said:

[23:37] <dvander`home> minimoney1: the order timers occur in is not defined

Which makes me wonder how I can get around this.
Example: Something like this http://pastebin.com/iGQJ62Qb
Prints this:
3
2
1

[berni]

Well, the solution is pretty simple, don't leave the ordering to the timer system.
Use your own queue (a string array). When you put something into the queue, you can use OnGameFrame with a bool variable, to check if there are any new entries in the queue, and print them. If you wish you can also use a 0.1 seconds timer.
That would also eliminate the need to create timer for every message.

Have you already tried using a usermessage POST hook ? I assume that you can print messages there without having to create a timer.

[minimoney1]

Originally Posted by berni Well, the solution is pretty simple, don't leave the ordering to the timer system. Use your own queue (a string array). When you put something into the queue, you can use OnGameFrame with a bool variable, to check if there are any new entries in the queue, and print them. If you wish you can also use a 0.1 seconds timer. That would also eliminate the need to create timer for every message. Have you already tried using a usermessage POST hook ? I assume that you can print messages there without having to create a timer.

Yeah, I was hoping I wasn't going to have to do that, but it seems way more reliable (i.e 0.1 interval isn't the next tick while OnGameFrame can do that)
Thanks for the solution.

EDIT: No I haven't tried using a post hook. Let me give that a try.