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I want to print "starting..." immediately, but for example the code below does not print "starting..." until after the delay:

memclear
print "starting..."
returngui
delay 5000
end

When hitting the run button it takes a moment or 2 for the web sockets in the browser to connect. This unfortunately is unavoidable.

Mmiscool wrote:When hitting the run button it takes a moment or 2 for the web sockets in the browser to connect. This unfortunately is unavoidable.

If instead of Returngui, I add a few lines as shown below, everything works great because the the web sockets get connected.

Is there a way to make the "returngui" command emulate this little block of code? Would be very useful!

print "Starting..."

timer 3000,[mybranch]
wait
[mybranch]
timer 0

delay 5000 'or anything...
end

Mmiscool wrote:When hitting the run button it takes a moment or 2 for the web sockets in the browser to connect. This unfortunately is unavoidable.

I just tested this block of code (below) at the very beginning of the program, and that also works great. I would be totally willing to wait a few extra seconds after pressing the RUN button for the web sockets to connect before the program actually starts.


timer 2000,[mybranch]
wait
[mybranch]
timer 0