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The order objects are ticked has to be in some order, which means it has to depend on something. Currently I'd call it an undefined order, meaning you shouldn't rely on any particular ordering at all... but as it happens the engine probably currently relies on the order in the project bar, which is affected by subfolders.
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You can also use the Browser object to detect if an update is available and prompt them to reload.
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Of course you can set a global variable inside a function. The whole purpose of global variables is you can access them anywhere. If you don't see it, it's probably not a global variable, or is set to be constant.
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The game should update automatically. You can also use the Browser object to detect if an update is available and prompt them to reload. Trying to force all browser storage to be cleared is the wrong approach.
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They're sort of similar in that they essentially pause execution for a while and later resume, but there are many details that are different. Look up a tutorial on using async functions in Javascript, there's lots of information on the web.
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Behaviors are ticked in a certain order, and making a chain of pins creates a dependency on the order of ticking.

It's best to avoid chains of pins, or position with events in that case.
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Take a look at the 'Ghost shooter code' example. That stores various instances in global variables, which can also be used in scripts in event sheets.
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If you need to compare if a value matches any of a large number of other values, put them all in an Array, and use the Contains value condition.
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This is a common mistake: "A"|"B" evaluates to 1 (meaning true, because one of the values counted as "true"), so you are actually comparing TEST = 1.

You probably want an OR block instead. See How events work.
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Refer to the Scripting reference in the manual for available scripting APIs. For example if you look up the Sprite object's script interface you'll see animationName is read-only, and there is a separate method to set it.
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Each script block in an event sheet has its own scope, so local variables aren't shared. If you want to share something between them, you could use global scope instead.
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Answer your own performance questions with measurements

I would guess in this case you will struggle to measure any difference at all, because it's not important to performance.

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