Machinations

Mixed Gates

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Tip

Regardless of their distribution mode, all Gates that have both Resource AND State Connection Outputs AND at least one Resource Connection are considered mixed gates.

Note

Mixed Gates will always execute* regardless of the event it processes: a sorting or a triggering event.

Open the diagram: Interactive diagram for Mixed Gates

In the example above, the Random Gate acts as a Sorting Gate for the Resources that pass through it from the Source. Every time it performs an action, it acts as a Trigger Gate for the Sink.

Note worthy:

  1. The Source only produces Resources once every 2 Steps (the Formula: 1|2).
  2. The Gate triggers the Sink during 1 Step, BUT the Sink will perform its action during the next Step. This happens due to the Transfer setting on the Sink’s Resource Connection, which is set to interval. Change this to instant so that both actions described above happen within the same Step.
Note

Mixed Gates that also have weighted triggers outputs will only process the weighted trigger actions they need to perform when activated by external triggering events.