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General

Gates' Properties

​ Gates are Nodes that either sort Resources without collecting them, or trigger other Nodes' actions.

A Gate's activation and resulting action happen within the same Time Step.

Properties

​Gates support all 4 Activation Modes. Select them inFunctional > Activation

​ In Functional > Action > pull any / push any you can select the action a Gate will perform once triggered.

​ There are 2 types of Gates, depending on their distribution settings: Deterministic or Random. Set a Gate's distribution pattern in Functional > Distribution > Deterministic / Dice

Gates support Resource Connections, State Connections or BOTH types of Connections as inputs AND as outputs.

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Gates are Nodes that either sort Resources without collecting them, or trigger other Nodes' actions.
Properties