[11530]

Consider the following pseudo-code:

global uninitialized A

if (CreateTimer(..., MyTimer, ...))
{
    Initialize A
}

MyTimer()
{
    Get A
}

Could I confirm, with a sufficiently small timer, that A can get accessed before it's initialized in the if-statement, and that I must choose a place like OnClientConnected to initialize the array instead (or simply initialize it from the start)?

[Dr. Greg House]

Afaik the timer will be updated on the next frame.
But I'm not sure about that one.

[asherkin]

The Source engine is single-threaded, so no.

[11530]

I read somewhere that the engine uses a single thread for logical computations (and apparently another for networking) but edited mention of it from my OP in case I got burned for even mentioning it if it turned out to be a completely unrelated subjet. Almost didn't make the thread but wanted to confirm suspicions with good people like yourselves.

Good to know that I won't need another Initialize A in OnClientConnected() or something. Thanks you two for the quick replies!

Over and out.