Wait for a %VARIABLE% amount of time?

[Matt]

Hey all,

First of all, thanks for this amazing software, it's a huge time saver and so are these forums.

I've been working on a macro that's supposed to wait a number of minutes determined by a variable, which gets changed along the macro execution. However, for some reason MMM won't read my variable correctly for this purpose, I'll attach the code below.


181 | IF | INTEGER VARIABLE | %TAVERNRUNS%::>=::12 | RUN ACTION | DEFINE INTEGER VARIABLE | %TAVERNWAIT%::30

182 | IF | INTEGER VARIABLE | %TAVERNRUNS%::>=::16 | RUN ACTION | DEFINE INTEGER VARIABLE | %TAVERNWAIT%::60

183 | IF | INTEGER VARIABLE | %TAVERNRUNS%::>=::18 | RUN ACTION | DEFINE INTEGER VARIABLE | %TAVERNWAIT%::10

184 | RUN ACTION | WAIT MINUTES | INTEGER VARIABLE | %TAVERNWAIT%

185 | RUN ACTION | DEFINE INTEGER VARIABLE | %WAIT%::+%TAVERNWAIT%

And at execution, MMM throws this error:


08/15/2023 10:48:17.14 Playback error: 181 | IF | INTEGER VARIABLE | %TAVERNRUNS%::>=::12 | RUN ACTION | DEFINE INTEGER VARIABLE | %TAVERNWAIT%::30 - Condition operation invalid: RUN ACTION. Visit turnssoft.com/conditions for valid condition syntax.

08/15/2023 10:48:17.27 Macro condition: 182 | IF | INTEGER VARIABLE | %TAVERNRUNS%::>=::16 | RUN ACTION | DEFINE INTEGER VARIABLE | %TAVERNWAIT%::60

08/15/2023 10:48:17.41 Macro condition - Condition FALSE

08/15/2023 10:48:17.55 Playback error: 182 | IF | INTEGER VARIABLE | %TAVERNRUNS%::>=::16 | RUN ACTION | DEFINE INTEGER VARIABLE | %TAVERNWAIT%::60 - Condition operation invalid: RUN ACTION. Visit turnssoft.com/conditions for valid condition syntax.

08/15/2023 10:48:17.69 Macro condition: 183 | IF | INTEGER VARIABLE | %TAVERNRUNS%::>=::18 | RUN ACTION | DEFINE INTEGER VARIABLE | %TAVERNWAIT%::10

08/15/2023 10:48:17.82 Macro condition - Condition FALSE

08/15/2023 10:48:17.96 Playback error: 183 | IF | INTEGER VARIABLE | %TAVERNRUNS%::>=::18 | RUN ACTION | DEFINE INTEGER VARIABLE | %TAVERNWAIT%::10 - Condition operation invalid: RUN ACTION. Visit turnssoft.com/conditions for valid condition syntax.

08/15/2023 10:48:18.11 Macro condition: 184 | RUN ACTION | WAIT MINUTES | INTEGER VARIABLE | %TAVERNWAIT%

08/15/2023 10:48:18.24 Playback error: 184 | RUN ACTION | WAIT MINUTES | INTEGER VARIABLE | %TAVERNWAIT% - Condition execution error [Unexpected Internal Error]: O índice estava fora dos limites da matriz. [translation: index out of matrix boundaries/range]

Nonetheless, the variable currently holds the value of 10 and gets assigned and read correctly elsewhere:


08/15/2023 10:48:18.38 Macro condition: 185 | RUN ACTION | DEFINE INTEGER VARIABLE | %WAIT%::+%TAVERNWAIT%

08/15/2023 10:48:18.52 Macro condition - Condition TRUE

08/15/2023 10:48:18.66 Macro condition: 10 to +10 = 20

08/15/2023 10:48:18.80 Macro action - Variable (%WAIT% = +%TAVERNWAIT%)

1. Why can't I directly modify my variable inside the IF condition?
2. Why won't it read my variable when passing it to the WAIT MINUTES function?

Thanks in advance!
~ Matt

[Matt]

Hey guys,

In case someone else stumbles upon the same problem, I've figured out my own syntax errors, as follows:

1. After a conditional IF there's no need to call RUN ACTION, you can just DEFINE your variable directly.
2. Any function that takes a variable as input foregoes telling the script it's a variable, therefore stating INTEGER VARIABLE after calling the WAIT function throws an error, one should just call the variable directly as if it were the integer itself.