TICK is a CAOS command used to set a timer running, or return the current setting of the timer period.
TICK command[]
Syntax: TICK number_of_ticks (integer)
Sets a timer running with the given period, so that every number_of_ticks ticks, the timer script of the TARG agent will be called.
TICK function[]
Syntax: TICK
Returns, as an integer, TARG's current timer period (i.e., what it was last set to using the command above).
Examples[]
TICK being used in the CAOS Command Line to call the timer script of HOTS every 40 ticks:
TARG HOTS TICK 40
Being used in the CAOS command line to display the tick value of HOTS:
TARG HOTS OUTV TICK