Callback Variables

What are they?

Callback variables are variables passed to an action for passing a result to the user.

Why do they exist?

Some actions have a very long execution time. So, to not block the game, they are designed in an asynchronous way. That means that they are being executed for a little while every frame until they are completed. Normally, you would use expressions for getting a value, but asynchronous actions cannot do that as they would return nothing for multiple frames (the time it takes to execute them). So they accept as argument a variable, and set its value to the returned value once finished. You usually have two callback variables: one to say if the asynchronous action executed successfully, and one with the actual return value of the action.