Using version 6.03 here, but i had someone test with 6.16 and got the same results.... the problem is as follows:

This works as it should:
/timer 1 1 //if ($me isop $chan(1)) echo -a hi

This does not:
//timer 1 1 if ($me isop $chan(1)) echo -a hi

if you check the /timers after starting the second timer, it appears like this:
* Timer 1 1 time(s) 1s delay if ($me isop #chan echo -a hi (Network)

Notice no ) after #chan
This means you can't use an if statement in a timer if it's called from an alias or remote. When the timer goes off it returns:
* /if: invalid format

Adding more )'s does not change anything in the display of /timers
For Example:

//timer 1 1 if ($me isop $chan(1)) echo -a hi

IS THE SAME AS

//timer 1 1 if ($me isop $chan(1))))))))) echo -a hi


Now, I know workarounds for the problem, (make an alias to evaluate the if, put a space after #chan before the bracket, etc, etc) but I thought the bug should be reported anyway, and hopefully it can be fixed.

Yeah the "$chan(1))" part gets evaluated when you set the timer, but the "($me" doesn't because of the "(". To avoid it, use $!chan(1)) to delay evaluation until the timer executes so both parts of the if statement can be evaluated together.

Yes, but the evaulation shouldn't remove the last parenthesis.

Right... That would work for a line as simple as this, but the actual script i'm trying to create is a lot more complicated, the $chan(1) needs to be evaluated when the timer is set, not when it executes since it's set up in a loop and there are multiple timers and multiple channelnames

It always does when evaluating $identifiers with parameters .

//echo -a $chan(1))
^^ will not have a parenthesis added to the channel name.

//echo -a $scon(1))
^^ Won't be 1)

mm well, you can also use this format

//timer 1 1 if $me isop $chan(1) { echo -a hi }
//timer 1 1 if $!server && $me isop $chan(1) $({,) echo -a hi $(},)

If your script is a lot more complicated make an alias and use the timer to call the alias. Much easier.

Actually, the $me should have been evaluated when the timer was set as well, instead it showed as ($me


Please Note: I won't be responding to anyone offering work arounds. I know how to make mIRC do what I want. The simple fact is, it's not functioning the way it seems it should.

The reason $me isn't evaluated is because there's a parenthesis '(' in front the the dollar sign. mIRC only evaluates things when the first character is either '%' or '$'. The simple solution to the problem, and it's not a problem that mIRC can really fix - just an unfortunate consequence of unquoted strings, is to put a space between the parentheses and the operands.

/timer 1 1 if ( $+ $me isop $chan(1) $+ ) echo -a hi

$+ aren't needed, / isn't used (it's // that's used), therefore, $me and $chan(1) shouldn't be evaluated.
As it was suggested before, use //timer 1 1 if ($me isop $!chan(1)) echo -a hi