r236 repeat loop with wait loopindex bug

Problem Description

loopindex returns -1 for repeat loop when using wait

Attach a Capx

http://badpadgame.com/loopindexBug.capx

Description of Capx

Runs a x10 repeat loop with waiting and loopindex printing

Steps to Reproduce Bug

• Click button
• See output in text object

Observed Result

loopindex printed before the wait action returns correct value, loopindex after wait action returns -1

Expected Result

return correct loopindex.

Affected Browsers

• Chrome: (YES)
• FireFox: (YES)
• Internet Explorer: (YES)

Operating System and Service Pack

Windows 10

Construct 2 Version ID

r236

No bug. The expression loopindex() has only meaning in the scope of the event containing loop.

Once you go outside the loop, loopindex() has totaly no meaning no more.

The wait postpones the actions. So, those actions are executed outside the loop, they are even executed in some ticks after the loop ran.

Something close to this. You are moving (top - down) from the living room to the basement. You have the remote control of the TV in your hand. In the living room you must change channels for 10 times. No problem. Now comes the wait. Change channels 10 times over 5 minutes(*some time). By that time you are in the basement, outside reach from the TV. Out of scope.

Yeah but what if the t.v follows you down?

I got it, I'll use an extra var.

Then, Coronation Street caught you.

Closing as not a bug: 99Instances2Go is right, by the time the action after the wait runs, the loop has ended.