mental image flashes periodically?

[Hidden Hands]

I've written up this code. When you walk over a linedef, it triggers a bloody image to flash on screen using the HUDMESSAGE function of ACS. It also plays a sounds to make the player jump. This is great, but what I really need is a way to have it repeatedly, but periodically play while in a certain area. Is there a way I can do this, and if so, could someone share an example please? My current code is this:

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//FEAR
str bludimage[8] =
{
	"TNT1A0",
	"BLUD1",
	"BLUD2",
	"BLUD3",
	"BLUD4",
	"BLUD5",
};

script 7 (void)
{
int blood = random(1,7);
ambientsound ("mental/blood", 255);
SetHudSize(800,600,TRUE);
SetFont(bludimage[blood]);
HudMessageBold(s:"A"; HUDMSG_FADEOUT, 253, 0, 400.0,300.0, 0.4, 0.3);
}

Thanks in advance.

[Jarewill]

You can try to make a While loop that will loop the script every few seconds as long as a variable is set.
Then you can unset the variable when the player exits the room.

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int bloodloop;
script 7 (void)
{
bloodloop=1;
While(bloodloop)
{
    int blood = random(1,7);
    ambientsound ("mental/blood", 255);
    SetHudSize(800,600,TRUE);
    SetFont(bludimage[blood]);
    HudMessageBold(s:"A"; HUDMSG_FADEOUT, 253, 0, 400.0,300.0, 0.4, 0.3);
    Delay(35*Random(30,120)); //Loop randomly every half minute / 2 minutes
}
}

Then you will also need a script that will set the variable to 0 when the player exits the room:

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Script 8 (void)
{
    bloodloop=0;
}