Order of events in scripts

Questions
#1

Is there a definitive order I can print and have on the wall (next to the obligatory degrees/radians and easing formulas)?

I found a post with some of it:

  1. script update
  2. script on_message (get message sent to self on update)
  3. physics update (get physics messages in on_message)
  4. render script can get message from active camera component
  5. render script update

If there is an on_input event, where does it fit into the list above?

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#2

The engine update loop and order of processing can be seen here: https://defold.com/manuals/application-lifecycle/#the-update-loop

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#3

I found that image, but not sure which comes first… is this right?

  1. on_input
  2. script update
  3. script on_message (get message sent to self on update)
  4. physics update (get physics messages in on_message)
  5. render script can get message from active camera component
  6. render script update
#4

Yes, that looks about right. Keep in mind that we do not guarantee an order in which the different component types get updated, but currently I believe script components get updated before physics components.