MEDIUM: Cooldown consumed on failed triggers

[TheCodingDad-TisonK]

Severity: MEDIUM

File: src/RandomWorldEvents.lua:597-602
Multiplayer: No
Fix Complexity: SIMPLE
Confidence: 100% (Wizard-verified)

Description

Cooldown is set after triggerRandomEvent() regardless of whether it succeeded. A failed trigger still imposes a full cooldown.

Fix

Only set self.lastEventTime = now when an event actually fires.

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Source: Consolidated Bug Review 2026-07-26, RWE-002

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[TheCodingDad-TisonK]

Source-verified. RandomWorldEvents.lua lines 600-606 show the cooldown is only set when self:triggerRandomEvent() returns a truthy value. The cooldown-on-failed-trigger bug is resolved. Fixed on development (commit 7c2bf94). Not yet merged to master.

[TheCodingDad-TisonK]

Resolved in development branch (commit 7c2bf94). Cooldown only applied when triggerRandomEvent succeeds. Awaiting merge to master via PR.