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]

There's no any reasonable need to ensure delay between spells - game engine is perfectly doing this job on it's own.

No, if you use "ForceSpell" instead of "SpellNoDec" the game's engine will not ensure the delay. If "ForceSpell" is used the timer is needed to ensure the delay, because without it the caster will cast in improved alacrity.

The point is that people used to think that when the spell is not memorized by the spellcaster, they needed to use "forceSpell" action and consequently, it is natural that they need the timer to ensure the delay.

However, my point was that you can use"SpellNoDec" even when the spell is not memorized and "SpellNoDec" doesn't need the timer to ensure the delay.

The error in the tutorial in question was not about the code itself, but about a false comment inside the code. I don't think that the comment is ambiguous or unclear. It's plainly false.