EVENT INIT: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 06:37, 4 February 2022

Event ID	player#	THISACTOR	RETURN
EVENT_INIT	-1	-1	0 values

EVENT_INIT is a Game Event.

This event is called immediately following the compilation of CON code.

Most commands that depend on a player being present will fail because no players have been initialized yet.

One potential use of EVENT_INIT is to display name and version information about your mod to the log file using the echo command.

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+{{EventTable|EVENT_INIT|-1|-1|0 values}}
 EVENT_INIT is a [[EDuke32 event list|Game Event]].
-This [[event]] is called immediately following the compilation of CON code and is rather worthless. Most commands that depend on a player being present will fail because no players have been initialized yet.
+This [[event]] is called immediately following the compilation of CON code.
+Most commands that depend on a player being present will fail because no players have been initialized yet.
-One potential use of EVENT_INIT is to display name and version information about your mod to the log file using the [[echo]] command. While [[quote]] will not work for the aforementioned reason, any text displayed using [[userquote]] will persist through any menu systems until the normal countdown timer expires once gameplay has begun.
+One potential use of EVENT_INIT is to display name and version information about your mod to the log file using the [[echo]] command.
 [[Category:Events]]