Why are some event conditions in the event editor colored black or red?

There are 2 types of event conditions in the event editor.
You can change the colors of these conditions under your preferences under the tools menu choice.

Immediate conditions

Most of the conditions in your event editor are constantly tested. But some conditions, called immediate conditions, are executed only when the originating event occurs. For example, the key test condition only occurs when the user presses a key. These conditions can therefore be true at any moment in your application.

Here are some of the immediate conditions:

• Collisions between objects
• Collisions with the background
• An object leaves or enters the frame
• The user clicks an object, the frame, or a specific zone
• The user presses a key
• The player presses a key
• "Start of application" conditions occur
• The timer reaches a specific value

Normal conditions

Normal conditions are tested for in the order in which they appear in the Event editor. For example, if you have an event with a "Start of frame" condition and a "Compare the counter to a value" condition, the actions associated with the condition that appears first in the event line will occur first.

The Normal conditions include the following:

• Comparison conditions
• Special conditions
• Object movement, animation, and direction conditions
• Sound and music conditions
• Storyboard Control object conditions
• Create New Objects object conditions
• Question & Answer object conditions
• Counter object conditions
• External conditions

The event editor starts at the first event and moves down through the conditions within that event. If a condition affects several objects, each object is tested in turn. When Multimedia Fusion 2 Developer reaches the last event, it repeats the tests from the beginning, starting a new event cycle.