Does repeated X: START WAIT USER RESPONSE consume more and more resources?

[virgo47]

I've check the DCS manual 2020, p163-4. I know I can stop listening for the response with X: STOP WAIT USER RESPONSE - but what if I don't need to? Can I simply use X: START WAIT USER RESPONSE repeatedly with the same flag safely without worrying about some stack or other resource taken?

(Of course X: STOP WAIT USER RESPONSE is undeniably useful when you want to "free" the Space key and let the user do whatever they want with it.)

First I assumed that each X: START WAIT USER RESPONSE simply replaces the previous one - but one can actually add two waits for two different flags!

After the time, I pressed space and via F10 other action printed the flags - both were 1!

That made me thinking, what if I just call STOP WAIT... once?

If I waited 10 secs and then pressed Space, no flags turned 1, so both START WAIT... were effectively disabled.

Another question, does it set the flag ON just once, or - if not "STOPped..." can it do that repeatedly? Long story short, yes, it only works once. If I press Space, both flags go ON and if something (e.g. timer) resets them, the next Space does nothing.

This seems to indicate reasonably safe action - although the option to use it multiple times to eventually set multiple flags really surprised me.

Please, let me know if I missed something about this action!

[TEMPEST.114]

What is it you're really trying to do with all the X commands? Can you get a better UX with RADIO COMMANDS (that will also work in MP) or even with trigger zones? 

Just asking to understand. 

[virgo47]

5 minutes ago, Elphaba said:

What is it you're really trying to do with all the X commands? Can you get a better UX with RADIO COMMANDS (that will also work in MP) or even with trigger zones? 

Just asking to understand. 

I'm only interested in this in the context of single-player tutorials.

[TEMPEST.114]

3 hours ago, virgo47 said:

I'm only interested in this in the context of single-player tutorials.

Ah, gotcha.