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Fixed notes on when activation occurs, added notes on nesting
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'''Notes:''' | '''Notes:''' | ||
*Using OnActivate will prevent normal activation of the object. To use the object's default activation you must call [[Activate]] on it. If you want to do something specific depending on what activated the object, use | *Using OnActivate will prevent normal activation of the object. To use the object's default activation you must call [[Activate]] on it. If you want to do something specific depending on what activated the object, use IsActionRef inside the OnActivate block. | ||
*This block runs when the | *This block (and perhaps the entire script --[[User:Haama|Haama]] 18:52, 13 July 2007 (EDT)) runs immediately when called from an external script. There were a few things that were posted before that this should clarify: | ||
#Activation occurs before the next line of code of the calling script is processed, and not in the next frame | |||
#Any number of objects can activate one object, within one frame, and they will all be run (though see notes on [[Activate#Nesting|Nesting]]) | |||
*It's possible to nest activations. However, you can only have 5-6 nests at any given time (see [[Activate#Nesting|Nesting]] for more information) | |||
*The activator type of object has NO default activation. | *The activator type of object has NO default activation. | ||