How to have program wait X seconds and allow UI to execute?

Question

I am making a small game with an auto play feature, but the program runs too fast so the user can't see the outcome at each stage. I am using VS 2017, so I can't use async (at least from what I have read). How can I have the program wait and allow the UI to update?

I am working in a do while loop. The main chunk of the game executes, updates the UI, and then waits for the player to click a button (assuming auto play is not running), with auto play running the do while loop repeats, but after the UI updates it would wait X seconds.

Answer 1

It looks like you have a couple of options

1.You can try Sleep -(but it may hang the UI)

 int Seconds = 1;
 Threading.Thread.Sleep(Seconds * 1000);

2.You can try this code:

int Seconds = 1;
Private void WaitNSeconds(int seconds)
    { 
       if (seconds < 1) return;
         DateTime _desired = DateTime.Now.AddSeconds(seconds);
         while (DateTime.Now < _desired) {
              System.Windows.Forms.Application.DoEvents();
         }
     }

3.Try to use Async and see what happens

async Task MakeDelay() {
      await Task.Delay(5000); 
}   
private async void btnTaskDelay_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) {
      await MakeDelay();          
}