mIRC bot delay on commands

[ShinyLunatone]

Hey, so I’m currently writing a script that responds to commands – the response to commands work, however I’m trying to have a delay across all commands.

on *:text:*:#shinylunatone: {
    if (%command. [ $+ [ $1 ] ]) {
        //used to debug, this is the main issue here
        msg $chan %commanddelay+5000 $ticks
        if(%commanddelay+5000 < $ticks) {
            msg $chan %command. [ $+ [ $1 ] ]
            set %commanddelay $ticks
        }
    }
}

Basically I’m checking if five seconds have passed before responding to the command (which have been added in variables). It’s recording the %commanddelay variable fine, however it’s not adding the 5000ms onto it. When test messaging the channel with %commanddelay+5000, it gives a blank space instead and so the second if-statement will always be true and thus there will never be a delay between commands. I was just looking for some help into whether this is incorrect or another approach would be better. Thank you

[tduva]

In mIRC you can’t just use math operators like that. To add to the variable you have to use the $calc function: $calc(%commanddelay + 5000)

[ShinyLunatone]

This is what I was looking for! Thank you so much.

[matt_thomas]

Using the “set -u” I normally would do something like this.

on *:TEXT:!TRIGGER:#channel: {
if (%flood) { return }
set -u10 %flood On
/msg # Flood protection not active.
}

Set’s a variable with a timer for 10 seconds, at which point it decays away… if the variable has a value… just halt/return/stop. Otherwise, set the timer and respond.