Is it possible to be "Idle" in Mages Might? I have heard that there is a "Cool Down" period

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Ideally, your code will be based around a while-true loop rather than simply a list of commands. If that is the case, then to idling is as simple as executing no code in the body of your while loop.

A simple example in Python:

# Untested Code

while True:
  if hero.time < 50: # For the first 50 seconds, only spawn collectors
    hero.spawnCollector()

  if hero.time > 90: # After 1:30, attempt to cast fire balls
    if hero.canCast("fire-ball"):
      hero.cast("fire-ball")

  # Note:
  #   If the time is between 50 seconds and 90 seconds, we do nothing (idle)
  #   If >90 seconds and we cannot afford a fire ball, we will also idle

CodeCombat ensures that a while-true loop will not cause an infinite loop by adding a one tick delay between each iteration (see here).

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