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.

[Baronius]

I couldn't recollect now exact flow of my study, but one thing is certain: I was never, ever, having any problems with interpretation of cast'n'attack concept or mechanics, including delay between spells.

That wasn't the point. The question (one of the questions, actually) was whether it's unclear or explicitly wrong. In my previous post, I pointed out that in case of technical problems, unclear/ambigious descriptions may result in malfunctioning in the practice.

In this concrete case, there won't be any malfunctioning probably, as most modders just copy & paste the code, and this is not a very severe issue anyway.

However, making accurate statements/explanations is a must in technical descriptions. It's a principle, regardless the actual effects in practice. It's okay not to make a big problem from such a minor issue, however, defending it i.e. introducing it as something insignificant is not okay.