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. Internally it is used for changing the properties of specific sprites (such as enemies, etc).

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.