Hi all,
Now that 2.5 is final (great job!), I'm off to start working on my modules again.
The module I'm currently working on reads a string out of a text file, the problem is that the string in the text file changes continuously (externally generated X-Y-Z coords) and I want to read the file continuously too or let's say at a given framerate (24fps) so I can use the externally generated coords in realtime (fe. using the coords to rotate a modul8 generated cube)
I've been trying to do it with while/for loops but as there's no end to the loop, modul8 crashes. It's probably something with a periodical event but I have no idea how to do it.
I'm using:
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//init
file = open('textfile.txt', 'r') //opening the file
txt = file.readline() //reading the first and only line
txt = txt.split(';') //splitting the string as the coords are divided by ';'
print txt //console print for checkup
k = 'testvar'
// I tried things like
while k == 'testvar': //which it always is, so it'll continuously do the following
file.close()
file = open('textfile.txt', 'r') //opening the file
txt = file.readline() //reading the first and only line
txt = txt.split(';') //splitting the string as the coords are divided by ';'
print txt //console print for checkup
//but quite logically it crashes
Help seriously appreciated and thanks in advance
Thanks,
Kevin