Ripper question

[tennokenshin]

So, this is more of a technical issue than a scripting one. I have already ran into it affecting a script I wrote, so I am curious on what is going on.

First, the script:

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override int SpecialMissileHit(Actor other)
{
	if (other.bIsMonster && other.bINVULNERABLE == false)
	{
		other.GiveInventory("arcaneChargeCounter",1);
		console.printf("%s has %d of counter", other.GetClassName(), other.CountInv('arcaneChargeCounter'));
	}
	if (other.CountInv('arcaneChargeCounter') >= 50)
	{
		other.A_Explode(100, 100);
		other.A_TakeInventory("arcaneChargeCounter", 999);
	}
	return -1;
}

What it does is make the MageWandMissile projectile drop a counter into a mob's inventory when it hits it. With it reaches 50 of them, it causes an explosion. Works perfectly right now.

The surprise I got was shown by the printf check. I always had thought it was only hitting a mob 2 or 3 times with each shot. However, the counter was going up by more than 30 per shot. This would have to mean, each shot is hitting multiple times per tick or a fast projectile lasts in a multiple spots for multiple ticks as it is getting hit for the equivalent of a full 1 second.

So yeah, what is really going on here? Trying to figure out if there will be issues down the road or not.