Decent charging time

ID:139672
 
Oct 3 2010, 7:13 am
Code:
mob/var/charging=0
mob/var/MaxCharge=10
mob/var/chargepower=0
mob/var/tmp/Form
mob/var/Attacking
mob/var/tmp/Frozen
mob/var/CanRelease
mob
    verb
        Charge()
            if(src.Attacking)
                return
            if(src.Form=="Mana")
                src.charging=1
                spawn src.ChargeIt()
mob/verb/ReleaseCharge()
    src.Release()
mob
    proc
        Release()
            if(src.Form=="Mana")
                src.CanRelease=0
                src.Attacking=1
                src.charging=0
                src.KnockBack(1)
                Projectile("ManaSphere",src.Int*src.chargepower)
                spawn(10)
                    src.icon_state=""
                    src.Frozen=0
                    src.Attacking=0
                src.chargepower=0the charge

mob
    proc
        ChargeIt()
            while(src.charging)
                if(src.chargepower>=10)
                    Release()
                    return
                src.icon_state="Charge"
                src.chargepower++               src.CanRelease=1
                sleep(8)

Hi everybody! This is my "Charge n' shoot" code where you hold down the skill, and your chargepower goes up. When you release it, it shoots a sphere that deals damage based on your charge power. Simple enough. And it all works fine~ My only problem is is that when I charge, it charges really slowly... And yes, I know that it sleep(8)s, however if I put it any lower, your charge power var in your stat panel (just a test output) jumps like 0,2,3,5,6,7,10. Is there a way that I can get a person to be able to charge faster where it doesn't seem to jump like that? I want it to be able to increase like, once per 2/10ths of a second. (Sleep 2 does not fix the issue)
Problem description:

Oct 3 2010, 10:24 am
Statpanels refresh at a fixed rate, which you cannot speed up. If you want to show updates more frequently, then use a different UI element, such as a screen object or a modified interface.
Oct 3 2010, 12:31 pm
In response to Garthor
Hrmmm, I was actually starting to think just that, and was looking for a way to change it.
But adding a charge meter would make it much nice anywho~ Thanks for clearing that up Garthor~
Oct 3 2010, 12:35 pm
In response to Garthor
Garthor wrote:
Statpanels refresh at a fixed rate, which you cannot speed up. If you want to show updates more frequently, then use a different UI element, such as a screen object or a modified interface.

Actually, the Stat proc (client) specifically mentions that "To increase the frequency of stat updates, you can lower world.tick_lag."
Oct 3 2010, 12:49 pm
In response to Maximus_Alex2003
I would not consider re-doing every single animation and delay in the game, as well as drastically increasing the network load, a viable solution to the statpanel not updating often enough.