I never used never xD

[Greg]

I am just curious. For what is 'never' condition??? Does anyone of you used it at least one time? xD
In manual I found this:
"Never inserts a blank event line in the Event editor of your application. All of the actions inserted on this line will never happen during application runtime."
So I tried to make simple application:
1. Never - create object ("Active") at 320,240
2. User clicks with left button - create object ("Active") at 320,240

And when I click the left button, object is created xD
So what does this condition do???

[konjak]

It just negates the one event, not everything that happens in other events. I use it to temporarily disable events when I try out my engine.

[Random]

Let's say you have a complicated condition and lots of actions with it.
Now you're trying something and you don't want that event to happen anymore, but you also don't want to throw it away.
Then you just add a never to it.

And when you want to enable the event again you remove the never.
I use tons of nevers.

[Greg]

So it's used only at edit time, yes?

[LIJI]

Never is only useful when developing the program or game, but finished games and applications don't use it. (Well, they shouldn't)

[Cocodrilo]

Well I use never sometimes when I'm debugging the application.

[Nick]

I find that there are a lot of "duplicate" options in MMF.
eg:

Never: you could just use "0=1" which never happens, "Never" can simply be removed from MMF.
Always: "0=0", "Always" can be removed.
Compare global value: Can just "compare two general values".

There are loads of places where "compare two general values" can be used instead of another MMF event. Why did Clickteam decide to put all these pointless events in? All it does is make the program more complex than needed.

[Sarah]

0=1 - programmer speak, ain't it. Not very user friendly for those who spend all their time making beautiful animated creatures or glorious arty backgrounds for their portfolios.

[Nick]

Ah, i guess so!

But the real one that bugs me is "Compare global value", "Compare global string"... followed by "Compare value" in the special object. That does just seem a little overboard considering the bottom option can do the top three. It really does over-complicate things for new people i feel. I'd be a bit scared off from an object with so many options.

[Sarah]

'Compare global value' does do exactly what it says on the tin, though. Very handy for beginners. By the time you get around to needing 'Compare two general values', you're well beyond beginner.