joeee19

What is the easiest way to call the Machine once each time the GameState called StageStartGameState becomes Active?
I mean I want to execute NotifyStart in AutoMachine by changing GameState.
It was not suitable for GlobalMachine to run with Type: Auto, because it would be called multiple times in the CheckTimeout interval.
Setting a Flag that says it is running in LocalVariable every time it starts is also likely to create other bugs.
Is there a feature we are missing or a good idea?

gamingislove

Hm, yeah - seems like there's currently no out-of-the-box solution for this.
I'll look into adding that :)

Currently, you could use a global bool variable instead, auto machines can react to that.

joeee19

I see, thanks!

I defined a GlobalBool called isStageStartGameStateActive.
Then, as a VariableCondition condition for the GlobalMachine, in addition to when StageStartGameState is Active, I made it so that it is only executed when that added GlobalBool is False.
Then, in the executed Machine, ChangeVariableNode sets isStageStartGameStateActive to True.

Then, I prepared a separate GlobalMachine that sets Bool to False when StageStartGameState becomes InActive.

However, I will be using this pattern of processing in GameState a lot in the future, so the number of definitions is doubled because of the GlobalMachine for InActive, and it is still a lot of work.
I sincerely hope that a flexible EventSystem will be added.

gamingislove

Next update will add new game state start types to auto machines (via notify start stuff).
I'm still looking into adding new start variants to global machines.

joeee19

Thank you, I think the enhanced NotifyStart will be very useful.