Going crazy trying to create buttons for threads

[daveconor 1]

Im trying to have four buttons each controlling the pausing and unpausing of a particular open thread. Here's what I've got so far:

 

Using 4 threads

 

Each ui button has a different variable for pause: #pause1, #pause2, #pause3, #pause4

 

There is a thread counter that assigns each thread a number ( 1 - 4 and then resets back to one ) which is then set locally within the thread, with that I set that thread to work with its corresponding #pause number and button.

 

if($comparison(#thread number, "=", 1)) {
                then {
                    loop while($comparison(#pause1, "=", "Pause")) {
                        wait(1)
                    }
                }
            }

 

 

Problem: say I let all 4 threads open completely and now I want to unpause thread #4, well I better not, because at that point the counter is on 4 and if I close 4, the next thread will receive a number value of 1 from the counter thus replacing the thread corresponding with button #1 before I had the chance to complete the first #1 thread in the first place. It only works if I go in order 1,2,3,4,1,2,3... but that's just lame...

 

I'm pretty sure I'm going about this the wrong way and would LOVE if anyone could shed some light on it.

 

Thanks 

Edited August 24, 2013 by daveconor

[the_way 52]

i would write instead something in that would have each of the threads set to active = true or false. Then a set of if else's to say

 

if thread one is running (true) then thread 2, 3, 4 false. 

 

Each time they change, the rules would reset,

 

would that be any help to you?