How to efficiently save properties and triggers!

[MikeyJonn]

This idea popped into my head one morning while browsing the discovery tab.
I was playing through the Community Picks and found various games that obviously used properties for their functions but had run out of memory and nothing more could be added.

So, therefore, for all you map pioneers, here is how to Crossover Properties!

I’m going to be using a simple example for this so everyone understands the point and how to achieve it. I’ll split this up into theory and practice.

Theory

This is the raw mechanics and how it works. This is the rough idea that I posted in the linked topic, go check it out: Could we cross the properties over? Surely we can use the same property for multiple parts of the actual AI functions. The idea that we use a certain property in one part of the bit the player would interact with in some way and then take part of the same function and use those property values later on as long as we resetted to the original before we started over again on a new cycle . Of course this wouldn’t work with some functions that are used in the crossover between a certain input and output but anything other than the ‘bit in between’ could be stored and then reused again in a later function. This would save plenty of memory over time. Thankfully, within the current boundaries, we can duplicate and store a number of property in blocks and extract which therefore gives us the advantage of this system working. I estimate (don’t trust me too much) that this could save over 5000 memory within our current system ideas. If I had more time rn I would test this and I might try tomorrow. This is a hypothesis as of now but I believe a Duplicate, Store, Extract system would work. Please correct me otherwise.

Please understand that I was addressing others in suggestion, please don’t reply to that the text. Hopefully, that gives the general idea.

In short, property is used for a system that only happens at a certain time, property resets, property is used in another system that should only be used after the first system has finished, then property resets after system 2 finishes. Afterwards, the property can be used for more subsequent systems, as long as they all end before the next one starts e.g. System 2 finishes, Properties 1+2 reset to 0, System 3 starts, Property 1 used, System 4 starts, Property 2 used, both systems end, both properties reset to 0. Therefore, this would create a chain that would usually take 4 properties to use but instead takes 2. In a high density game this will save a lot of memory. ^[1] Amazingly, the same is mostly true with triggers, but for those unable to convert the system, here’s the explanation for triggers:

Ok, here we go, listen carefully. Triggers are one of the most used devices across the current pool of Community picks ^[2], coming likely quite close to properties although I can not exactly say a number. ^[3] Likely every map that uses some basic-intermediate block code uses at least one, the more complex maps using more. Anyway, say we have system 1, a complex mess of devices, using many triggers. In creating, you notice you’ve used a lot of memory you needed later on. Don’t panic! At the end of system 1, you will have at least one trigger left over.
So Step 1:
For those who don’t know, you can add multiple channels to a device, simply add a comma between the two you want to use. Using this multiple times will help in Step 2: The Property section repeatedly making my life easier.

So, now take system 1, finish the code that is used in System1, and deactivate the trigger. When system 2 comes around reactivate the trigger. By this point you may have noticed that System 1 will run twice and system 2 has already ran 1 once out of turn. Therefore, we have to create a stopper, if you know the exact time frame of the first system then you can just use wire repeaters to stop System 2 working before a time. If not, you will need to make system 2 only work when you have 2 of an item, therefore you make run one of system 2 grant 1 item, say bait and then set a 0.1 second wire repeater before step 2 actually activates and making step 2 only work when you have 2 bait. This can be multiplied to step 3=3 bait and so on.

Now you should be able to reuse properties and Triggers at will for different tasks as long as you have a short wait ^[4] in the sections. So, now we go to practical

Practical

I’m doing properties first as they are fundamentally easier to use with this. Ironically I have to use triggers to make this part so you can combine the two systems. This is not what you should copy into your map, this will not do anything, this is a demonstrational section that you can mould into your own components. I REPEAT, DON’T USE THIS EXACT SYSTEM IN YOUR MAP! Please change this for your needs.^[5]

Step 1

Ok, Step 1: I placed a property, set it to player scoped and called it change and added these settings:

Next, a button with these settings:

Then a trigger with these settings and this block code:

Also wire the button to a 0.1 second wire repeater that is wired to a button with these settings:

And a game overlay with these settings:

Step 2

This is the function that resets the property after you have used it for your purpose of choice.

Take another button and set these settings:

And a Trigger to these settings:

This full system should use the property and reset it, with a little added stuff for explanation.

Final Product

Button pressed, property set to 5, which pops up Altered! sign. Then, button 2 pressed, sets property back to 0.

Assuming in our system we needed 5, it was used and then reset for system 2, you have now used a property or trigger and reset it to its original value for further use. I understand that I haven’t made the trigger part. Please use the theory and the pictures from properties to make that for your needs.

Thank you to these guides for giving me info and help in creation and thank you for reading:

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There are tons of guides and topics and properties, but these are the topics that helped me most in my research and helped me magic away myself from procrastination in creation of this. Special thanks go to this topic, which set me started on this guide:

Neural Network Development

Welcome! As the title suggests this is about creating a neural network, an adapting AI! Now I’ve already done most of the research and I think this is possible, I just lack the motivation to work on it. So I’ll post my workings here for you guys to work together and figure this out, I can answer any questions you have but anything in general about AI itself Google it or find a video. Kids these days don’t know what a search bar is. So here’s an explanation about one part of it, Forward Pass. …

You will find some of the original text in there too.

Feel free to give me suggestions on what to add in future, or ping me for any help regarding this topic.

Thanks,
Jonn

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1. That wasn’t very short lol ↩︎

2. For the picky peeps I’ve counted 45 in the last 2 months ↩︎

3. Obviously ↩︎

4. 0.1 seconds haha very funny ↩︎

5. Rant over ↩︎

[Zappy_Zaptos]

could you reformat the theory?

This is the raw mechanics and how it works. This is the rough idea that I posted in the linked topic, go check it out: Could we cross the properties over? Surely we can use the same property for multiple parts of the actual AI functions. The idea that we use a certain property in one part of the bit the player would interact with in some way and then take part of the same function and use those property values later on as long as we resetted to the original before we started over again on a new cycle . Of course this wouldn’t work with some functions that are used in the crossover between a certain input and output but anything other than the ‘bit in between’ could be stored and then reused again in a later function. This would save plenty of memory over time. Thankfully, within the current boundaries, we can duplicate and store a number of property in blocks and extract which therefore gives us the advantage of this system working. I estimate (don’t trust me too much) that this could save over 5000 memory within our current system ideas. If I had more time rn I would test this and I might try tomorrow. This is a hypothesis as of now but I believe a Duplicate, Store, Extract system would work. Please correct me otherwise.

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rn, this is just a wall of text

but overall, decent guide

[Kormorant]

it hurts my eyes to read that much.
@MikeyJonn, is it possible maybe to add an image or two to the theory?
idk mate it helps to break up the text to make it easier to read

[MikeyJonn]

I can add some spaces but I’d like to keep that part original as it came from a separate topic. I’ll do some formatting of the rest to make it easier to read. @Kormorant what pictures would you like? Yep it is @cheezesRcool because nobody really does it and I see tons of maps complaining about running out of memory and most of the current memory save guides don’t go really in depth. I’m potentially gonna make more focusing on different unique aspects of GKC that nobody talks about.

[cheezesRcool]

theres a lot of text
and if i’ve got this right- basically the guide is just showing how to reuse properties and triggers?
i havent quite looked at the trigger part but the property recycling seems pretty simple
give the property a value- then reset it via a default value (0, N/A, etc.)

@MikeyJonn

ran 1 once out

i think this is misspelled?

its a good first guide!
its a first guide too so mandatory formatting guide just in case

extra formatting options for the uninformed!

^[1]

Headings!

you can make this using a hashtag and a space (# exampleText)
there are SIX different sizes of heading!

exampleText (# exampleText)

exampleText (## exampleText)

exampleText (### exampleText)

exampleText (#### exampleText)

exampleText (##### exampleText)

exampleText (###### exampleText)

you can also make this using h1-h6 wrapped in the left and right arrows!

exampleTxt

<h1>exampleTxt</h1>

however, it seems like if you put text under headings using html formatting (that ^) then all formatting for that text just doesnt work

heading6

**bold**

bold

<h6>heading6</h6>
**bold**

**bold** //why does this one work?

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heading6

bold

<h6>heading6</h6>

**bold** //??????

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Dividers!

you can make these using three asterisks in an empty row! (***)
examples above this and directly below this sentence

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Footnotes!

i used to refer to these as tooltips but it turns out theyre actually named footnotes
you can make these using one caret (^), one left bracket, whatever you want inside, and one right bracket!

^[]

^[3]
also images can go into the tooltips
^[4]

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Images!

you probably know how to put these in
but you can actually change the sizes to a number outside of 100, 75 or 50!
simply go to the text version of the image

![2025_12_05_0dl_Kleki|690x431, 50%](upload://8Z7cJoamPD5uiGyRpwYgOg29ujL.png)

find where the size is typed in;

690x431, 50%]
or
width x height, current size of image]

and change the percentage!

![2025_12_05_0dl_Kleki|690x431, 10%](upload://8Z7cJoamPD5uiGyRpwYgOg29ujL.png)

you can also crop them via the size (they wont stretch)

![2025_12_05_0dl_Kleki|690x200, 50%](upload://8Z7cJoamPD5uiGyRpwYgOg29ujL.png)

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Strikethrough!

you can make these by using two tildes (~) on both sides of your text!

~~exampleTxt~~

exampleTxt
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theres multiple ways of doings this, though markdown uses less characters

[s]exampleTxt[/s] bbcode
<s>exampleTxt</s> html
~~exampleTxt~~ markdown

the rest of these will just be extra things you can make using markdown (and maybe bbcode or html)

More Formatting Options!

Superscript and Subscript!

Normal text for comparison<sup>exampleTxtSuper</sup>

Normal text for comparison^{exampleTxtSuper}

Normal text for comparison<sub>exampleTxtSub</sub>

Normal text for comparison_{exampleTxtSub}

Small Text!

theres html formatting for this but its not allowed

^[6]

if you curious and want to try to use this then the formatting is

Marked Text!

<mark>exampleTxt</mark>

exampleTxt

Deleted Text!

<del>exampleTxt</del>

exampleTxt
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Inserted Text!

<ins>exampleTxt</ins>

exampleTxt

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1. if it matters at all for you; i just copy & pasted this in since i dont have the energy to constantly retype this everytime somebody makes their first guide or has bad formatting ↩︎

2. two slashes (//) make a comment in c sharp ↩︎

3. exampleTxt ↩︎

4. 
   

   
   
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5. :.|:; ↩︎

6. actually wait it might be possible??? earlier i added two quotation marks and all of a sudden it didnt allow subscript text then i removed those quotation marks and then it did allow subscript text??? ↩︎

7. fun fact: this is actually how i used to do strikethroughs ↩︎

[MikeyJonn]

Shall I add a section for the practical trigger bit? It’s a bit more complicated so I didn’t do it in original creation.

[Kormorant]

bqump
nice first guide mikey