Well, it depends on what you're doing within the while statement. Obviously, the longer it takes for the while loop to execute, the more time there's going to be between retraces, but as long as the loop is relatively small, it shouldn't cause the HookRetraced script to stop completely. I'm using several for loops in one of my HookRetraced scripts, and all it does is slow down the frame rate; I'd assume it would be the same with a while loop, since they're really equivalent. Maybe I misunderstand the question. I do that a lot. :-)

CypherAlmasy

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"If any of you step out of line, I'll promise to kill you in the name of T.G. Cid too. I'm watching you. Especially you over there, elfy." -Orlandu

This may be a long shot, but did you remember to add the HookRetrace to the render string in MapEd? If you don't, the script will never execute. Not once.

CypherAlmasy

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"If any of you step out of line, I'll promise to kill you in the name of T.G. Cid too. I'm watching you. Especially you over there, elfy." -Orlandu

The HookRetrace definitely works, but not with the while statement looping around. And getting rid of UpdateControls() in thw while loop but not in the Hookretrace doesn't allow me to use the keyboard.
OK, as a certain precaution, I've added the simple code that I've added to my new game thus far.

//The HookRetrace Loop
void startgame()
{
log("begin!");
rectfill(0,0,640,480,RGB(1,1,1));
rectfill(0,0,640,480,RGB(255,255,255));
rectfill(2,2,638,478,RGB(200,200,200));
rectfill(3,3,637,477,RGB(0,0,50));
rect(50,36,591,444,RGB(200,200,200));
rect(51,37,590,443,RGB(0,0,0));
Tcopysprite(54,40,533,400,house);
/* if( random(100)=1 !blink)
{blink=1; timer=0;}
if(blink)
{
if(timer10 && timer14 && timer19 && timer27 && timer32 && timer36)
{blink=0;}
timer++;

}
*/
if(!blink)
{tcopysprite(30, 105, 200, 450, girl);}
Setlucent(2);
Calclucent(200);
rectfill(54,370,583, 480, RGB(0,25,100));
Setlucent(0);
rect(54,370,583, 480, RGB(255,255,255));
rect(55,372,582, 479, RGB(255,255,255));
rect(55,373,581, 478, RGB(200,200,200));
// statmenu();
GotoXy(59, 375);
printstring(font, strline[0]);
showpage();
updatecontrols();
if(b2)
{
exit("Goodbye...sucker.");
}


}

//The while loop...text not finished
void text(string one, string two, string three)
{

while(!b1)
{
strline[0]=one;
}

}

This is kind of a stripped down version of it, but it looks like it should work, right? Without the while statement, the Hookretrace works fine, but the HookRetrace won't even loop once during the while statement. Help, anyone?

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It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains and emperor. -Dream

hmm...that definitely won't help. I'm trying to recall that while statement as an event from the map, separate from the hookretrace. Hm...

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It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains and emperor. -Dream

It's not the while loop's fault. I've found out that V2.6 tends to go through the whole event before running the Hookretrace. So I've decided to dump the whole idea of running the game through HookRetrace. -_-

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It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains and emperor. -Dream