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Hello fellow doomers, I have a very complicated issue.

first some technical information:
I am using the latest BCC compiler.
Everything compiles without errors

Now, the code snippets of importance:

Spoiler: Snippets from my library (Open)

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struct DOM_POINT {
	int Sector_Tag;
	int Points_Given;
	int Restart_Time;
	int BoP;
	int Blue_Max_Control;
	int Red_Max_Control;
	int Current_Team;
	int Prev_Team;
	struct DOM_AEST AEST;
	struct DOM_POINT_COLOR COLOR;
};

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world struct DOM_POINT 0:DOM_POINT_LIST[];

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	Delay(DOM_POINT_LIST[DPL_Slot].Restart_Time);
	restart;

Spoiler: Map code (small) (Open)

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#include "zcommon.acs"
#import "ACS_DOM.acs"

script 1 open {
	DOM_POINT_LIST[0].Sector_Tag = 1;
	DOM_POINT_LIST[0].Points_Given = 1;
	DOM_POINT_LIST[0].Restart_Time = 35;
	DOM_POINT_LIST[0].BoP = -16;
	DOM_POINT_LIST[0].Blue_Max_Control = 16;
	DOM_POINT_LIST[0].Red_Max_Control = -16;
	DOM_POINT_LIST[0].Current_Team = 901;
	
	DOM_POINT_LIST[0].AEST.Sector_Tag = 1;
	DOM_POINT_LIST[0].AEST.Fade = 1;
	
	acs_execute(801, 0, 0);
}

this is what happens:

• Nothing appears to have happened when I load up the map.
• When I manually run the script, it throws an error "runaway script 801 terminated"

Is this because I am using structs in a way they do not support?

I believe everything is processed per tic.
If so, at any time in a reoccurring loop, if there are a total of 0 tics (even if dynamic) delay, it will just runaway no matter what. There will be no game tics that would have passed in that time to update any strings/integers and how long the delay is supposed to be.

Perhaps try having a 1 tic delay just before the end or at the start of the loop and see if that works.

I tried to test some different changes, and none of them seemed to work.
even made a "world int 1:stufftime[];" line in my library, and then changed it in the maps file, with no result of course.
Then, as if it fell from the sky, my code just randomly started working for absolutely no reason.

If someone comes by this thread at a later time with the same issue, I can not explain how this ended up happening. I even backtracked all the changed I made and it still works.
I do not even have the delays you suggested that I should insert, so that can't have been it. (it didn't fix it either, though)

Spoiler: Observations (Open)

The way I observed this random change was with this:

Spoiler: library (Open)

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world int 1:stufftime[];

script 98 (void) {
	print(i:stufftime[0]);
	delay(1);
	delay(stufftime[0]);
	restart;
}

Spoiler: map ACS open script (Open)

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stufftime[0] = 35;

The script was printing 0, constantly. Even when I had inserted this and ran it:

Spoiler: added code to map file (Open)

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script 76 (int rofl) {
	stufftime[0] = rofl;
}

It would still print 0 on my screen.

I then recompiled the scripts and when I booted it up it worked as supposed to. All of it.

It might be my computer borking up the compiler, I dunno. This is just here in case someone is interested in these occurences.

EDIT:
Nope, it still doesn't work, it randomly processes the values I pass to the struct array. It is definitely the culprit though.
---SUBEDIT: This edit was a huge on my part, I accidently used acs_execute instead of acs_executealways, which explains the "randomness" I experienced after it worked.