Pause between spells! Options

[Sikret]

This tutorial contains a false comment inside one of its codes:

This is a technique used to account for the pause between spellcasting. It cuts off spellcasting actions when they cannot be performed,[...] So, you might have the following block:


IF
    !GlobalTimerNotExpired("castnattack","LOCALS")
    HaveSpellRES("spwi999",Myself)
THEN
    RESPONSE #100
        SetGlobalTimer("castnattack","LOCALS",6) // Timer always set to 6, as that is the duration of the pause
        SpellRES("spwi999",LastSeenBy(Myself))
END

Well, this is wrong!

As I have mentioned elsewhere the duration of the pause is NOT 6. I don't know how many modders might have been misled by the fasle comment inside the code which says "as that is the duration of the pause", but it's now perhaps the time to let people know that it is false.

The duration of the pause varies from spell to spell (it's not 6 for every spell). I know the exact duration of the pause for each and every spell, but the easiest way to implement the correct duration of the pause is to use "SpellNoDec" instead of "ForceSpell" as it is implemented in Improved Anvil.

[Sikret]

Yes, the wording is slightly unclear.

I don't think that the wording was unclear. It was clear, but plainly false.

No, I don't think it's an emergency.

It's up to you to decide how urgent is to correct the mistake.

SpellNoDec shouldn't be overencouraged because it doesn't account for Nishruus draining spells,

I think that "ForceSpell" doesn't account for Nishruus draining spells either. Since I was comparing "SpellNoDec" with "ForceSpell", your comment is off-target. My main point was that if you use "SpellNoDec" instead of "Forcespell" you will not need the timer at all.

I'm not entirely sure why you elected to discuss the tutorial here. I'm surprised I found this thread, actually. I don't browse here very much.

My intention was not to report anything to *you*. And you don't seem to be willing to correct your mistakes either.