Clearing HudMessage doesn't work

[r3v3n93]

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int controller = 0;

script "Countdown" (void)
{
	SetActivator(0, AAPTR_PLAYER1);
	Hudmessage(s:"The main core is going to be shut down in T-60 seconds"; HUDMSG_PLAIN, 2, CR_SAPPHIRE, 0.5, 0.4, 7.6);
	Delay(280);
	GiveInventory("Time", 60);
	ACS_NamedExecute("RealCountDown", 0);
}



Script "RealCountDown" (void)
{
	SetActivator(0, AAPTR_PLAYER1);
	controller = 0.0;
	ACS_NamedTerminate("Objective", 0);
	int second = CheckInventory("Time");
	while(second > 0)
	{

		SetHudSize(640, 480, 1);
	    TakeInventory("Time", 1);
		second = CheckInventory("Time");
		HudMessage(s:"New Objective:"; HUDMSG_PLAIN, 0, CR_RED, 10.0, 80.0, 1.0);
		HudMessage(s:"Survive For:"; HUDMSG_PLAIN, 0, CR_white, 0.0, 90.0, 1.0);
	    HudMessage(d:second, s:"   seconds"; HUDMSG_PLAIN, 0, CR_white, 0.0, 100.0, 1.0);
	    delay(35);
    }
	Thing_Destroy(100, 1);
	Terminate;
}

Script "Objective" (void)
{
		SetHudSize(640, 480, 1);
		HudMessage(s:"Objective:"; HUDMSG_PLAIN, 0, CR_RED, 0.0, 80.0, controller);
		HudMessage(s:"Find a way to break brainwash"; HUDMSG_PLAIN, 0, CR_WHITE, 67.0, 90.0, controller);
		HudMessage(s:"Do not kill Friendlies"; HUDMSG_PLAIN, 0, CR_WHITE, 29.0, 100.0, controller);
}

So what I'm trying to do here is when "RealCountDown" executes, "Objective" will be terminated and Hudmessage inside it will be turned off either. However it seems that it doesn't work, and what I got was "Realcountdown" being stacked under "Objective". I tried making "Objective" work with while loop, but that doesn't work either.

[r3v3n93]

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[ramon.dexter]

You'set timeout for the hudmsg for 0.0, that means 'stay forever'. If you wan to clear such hudmessage, you have to again call it, empty ( without text).

[Virathas]

There's is a few more issues with the scripts:
1) The player actually has 68 seconds until "reactor shut down" - I do not believe this is intentional.
2) Terminating the "Objective" script does nothing. While have never used a terminate script, it will only affect scripts that are running. The Objective script ran only once and set the hud message display to permanent (as ramon noted)

To have things probably working the same as you had, you could edit the Objective script to be inside a "loop" with a "delay(1)" and have the hud message display for as short as possible. That way, the terminate script should work as you'd expect

[r3v3n93]

Thank's for the answers guys. You guys inspired me.

To Virathas
1) The player actually has 68 seconds until "reactor shut down" - I do not believe this is intentional.
└It was intentional. I wanted to activate the timer as soon as the message ends. But eventually, I changed it to begin as soon as the message starts because of the difficulty.
2) Terminating the "Objective" script does nothing. While have never used a terminate script, it will only affect scripts that are running. The Objective script ran only once and set the hud message display to permanent (as ramon noted)
└ I wanted to make sure that the script is shut down completely. Also, what I wanted to implement was when "RealCountDown" changes the value of integer 'controller', hudmessages that contain controller would be changed as well.

To ramon.dexter

You'set timeout for the hudmsg for 0.0, that means 'stay forever'. If you wan to clear such hudmessage, you have to again call it, empty ( without text).
└ I set it 0.0 because 0.1 didn't work either, or I am just dumb.

My English is a$$. Sorry.

[ramon.dexter]

No, you'not dumb. The hudmessages are little bit tricky to master. As virathas said, you need to either insert a really short timespan and use while loop. Or, as I said, you need to call the hudmessages once again in the 'sclosing script', just without any text entered.
Something like this (copied from the first script):

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Hudmessage(s:""; HUDMSG_PLAIN, 2, CR_SAPPHIRE, 0.5, 0.4, 7.6);

Using it this way, it will remove the previously drawn hudmessage with tag/number/ID '2'. Believe me, this is the best way if you want precise control on how long it will stay onscreen.