Delay

Category: Listener Tier: Basic

Purpose

Waits a specified number of ticks before activating, optionally staying active for a duration, with optional repeating.

Visual Reference

As added to your scene

When To Use

• Delayed actions (enemy spawns after 5 seconds)

• Cooldown timers (ability can’t be used again for 3 seconds)

• Timed events (door closes after 2 seconds)

• Pulsing effects (flash light every 0.5 seconds with repeat=true)

Runtime Behavior

Triggers: After delay ticks elapse, stays active for duration ticks (or 1 tick if duration is 0), then optionally repeats

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Delay

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Delay:

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Duration:

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Repeat:

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Properties

Property	Type	Default	Notes
delay	int, 60		Wait this many ticks before triggering (60 ticks ? 1 second at 60 FPS)
duration	int, 0		Stay active for this many ticks (0 = trigger once for 1 tick)
repeat	bool, false		Restart the delay/duration cycle after completion

Example Use Cases

Basic Delay:

Always -> AND -> Delay(delay=120) -> Motion
// Wait 2 seconds, then move once

Repeating Timer:

Delay(delay=30, duration=0, repeat=true) -> AND -> Visibility
// Toggle visibility every 0.5 seconds

Cooldown System:

Keyboard(Space) -> AND -> Delay(delay=180, duration=0) -> Sound
// Jump sound can only play once every 3 seconds