room_RepExec() continues when game is paused [solved]

[HandsFree]

In room_RepExec() I add one to a counter every loop and when the counter is 600 a character enters the room, walking, eBlock.
This is ok, but when there's a gui visible like the inventory, apparently the repexec continues and the game freezes when the counter is 600. The gui is set to 'pause game when shown'.

How can I make sure the game repexec doesn't execute when there's a gui visible? Note this is not repexec_always.

thanks

[Khris]

Only blocking events prevent room_RepExec from running; pausing the game has no effect. If you look at the default game's global script, you'll find this in repeatedly_execute:

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  // Put here anything you want to happen every game cycle, even when
  // the game is paused. This will not run when the game is blocked
  // inside a command like a blocking Walk()
  
  if (IsGamePaused() == 1) return;

  // Put here anything you want to happen every game cycle, but not
  // when the game is paused.

[HandsFree]

Yes, I put that line in the room's repexec and it works. So I suppose this should go in all the rooms repexec's? Never realized that.
thanks

[Khris]

Well, not really, it depends on how you're using the function, doesn't it?
That line isn't specific to rep_ex, it could be anywhere else, too.

Sure, you could add it each time you're adding the room_RepExec, but there won't always be a reason to do so.