Always¶

Category: Listener Tier: Basic

Purpose¶

The Always listener continuously outputs a positive pulse every tick, providing a constant activation signal for testing and basic logic flows.

As added to your scene

Inputs None

Outputs

Properties

use_pulse_mode (Boolean, true): When true, the listener pulses on a skip cadence (see frequency). When false, it fires continuously every physics tick (classic “always on” mode).
frequency (Integer, 0): Number of ticks to skip between pulses while use_pulse_mode=true. 0 = fire every tick, 30 = fire once every half-second at 60 fps, etc.
invert (Boolean, false): Output the logical inverse. With continuous mode the listener becomes always-false; with pulse mode, the skipped ticks are reported as true and the scheduled pulse tick flips to false. Useful for “silence canary” demos and watchdog-style guards.

Execution Behavior

Tick Behavior

With use_pulse_mode=false, every physics tick outputs a positive pulse (continuous mode).
With use_pulse_mode=true, the listener outputs a positive pulse, then skips frequency ticks before the next pulse. frequency=0 behaves like continuous mode.
When invert=true, the listener outputs the logical inverse of the above behaviors (false during the would-be pulse window, true otherwise).
Scene-start one-shot logic is handled by Delay with delay=0 and repeat=false; Always does not have a one-shot mode.

State Changes

Edge Detection

Examples

Basic Usage

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Property	Type	Default	Notes
Pulse	bool	True	If enabled, pulse every N ticks (skip path). If disabled, trigger continuously every tick.
Skip	int	0	Number of ticks to skip between pulses (0 = no skipping)
Invert	bool	False	Invert output (silence until pulse would fire)