A quick question about triggers

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  • Interesting. So the on timer event is more a fake trigger since it picks all the done triggers at once. I think I’ve seen that before but honestly I seldom use that behavior.

    Anyways, the on timer and on game pad press are more exemptions to the rule than consistent with what most other things do.

    I guess the manual could be more explicit about it but I’d wager it’s more an oversight than anything.

    I think I found out about those things with some tests when helping someone debug something that wasn’t working correctly. It’s mostly a subtlety that’s not always an issue.

  • R0J0hound Could you also clarify something else for me before 'closing' this thread please? Do you know if 'wait 0' action is the same as waiting for the next tick? Also, is the current instance list of the block guaranteed to be retrieved using the wait action?

  • I’ve found wait 0 is more like, run at the end of the event sheet.

    You can test that with something like: 

    Var prev=0
Every tick
— set prev to tickcount
— wait 0
— subtract tickcount from prev

Compare: prev =0
— set text to “same tick”
Else
— set text to “another tick”

    And yes, wait should pass the selected object list to when it’s done.

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  • I’ve found wait 0 is more like, run at the end of the event sheet.

    You can test that with something like: 

    Var prev=0
Every tick
— set prev to tickcount
— wait 0
— subtract tickcount from prev

Compare: prev =0
— set text to “same tick”
Else
— set text to “another tick”

    And yes, wait should pass the selected object list to when it’s done.

    Thanks!

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