EVENT EGS

Event ID	player#	THISACTOR	RETURN
EVENT_EGS	closest player to sprite	spawned sprite	0 values

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EVENT_EGS is a Game Event.

This event is triggered when a new sprite is spawned on the map after load. It is NOT triggered for any pre-placed sprites that are already on the map at load-time.

In comparison, EVENT_SPAWN runs for all sprites that pre-exist when the map is loaded, AS WELL AS all newly spawned sprites.

Note that EVENT_EGS and EVENT_SPAWN are triggered the moment the sprite is spawned.

For example:

useractor notenemy ACTOR
    espawn PIGCOP
    setactor[RETURN].pal 1
enda

onevent EVENT_EGS
    ifactor PIGCOP
        spritepal 2
endevent

In this case, the PIGCOP palette will be 1, because EVENT_EGS takes place before the lines below the espawn command.

Deleting sprites during EVENT_EGS may cause problems, since some hard-coded functions may try to change their properties after they were spawned (similar to the espawn example above).

EVENT_EGS can be used to save the original sprite owner before it's changed.