diff --git a/src/gui/game/GameControllerEvents.h b/src/gui/game/GameControllerEvents.h
index f93f24ca5..7c9905e54 100644
--- a/src/gui/game/GameControllerEvents.h
+++ b/src/gui/game/GameControllerEvents.h
@@ -4,16 +4,19 @@
 
 struct TextInputEvent
 {
+	static constexpr bool simEvent = false;
 	String text;
 };
 
 struct TextEditingEvent
 {
+	static constexpr bool simEvent = false;
 	String text;
 };
 
 struct KeyEvent
 {
+	static constexpr bool simEvent = false;
 	int key;
 	int scan;
 	bool repeat;
@@ -24,14 +27,17 @@ struct KeyEvent
 
 struct KeyPressEvent : public KeyEvent
 {
+	static constexpr bool simEvent = false;
 };
 
 struct KeyReleaseEvent : public KeyEvent
 {
+	static constexpr bool simEvent = false;
 };
 
 struct MouseDownEvent
 {
+	static constexpr bool simEvent = false;
 	int x;
 	int y;
 	unsigned int button;
@@ -39,6 +45,7 @@ struct MouseDownEvent
 
 struct MouseUpEvent
 {
+	static constexpr bool simEvent = false;
 	int x;
 	int y;
 	unsigned int button;
@@ -47,6 +54,7 @@ struct MouseUpEvent
 
 struct MouseMoveEvent
 {
+	static constexpr bool simEvent = false;
 	int x;
 	int y;
 	int dx;
@@ -55,6 +63,7 @@ struct MouseMoveEvent
 
 struct MouseWheelEvent
 {
+	static constexpr bool simEvent = false;
 	int x;
 	int y;
 	int d;
@@ -62,22 +71,27 @@ struct MouseWheelEvent
 
 struct TickEvent
 {
+	static constexpr bool simEvent = false;
 };
 
 struct BlurEvent
 {
+	static constexpr bool simEvent = false;
 };
 
 struct CloseEvent
 {
+	static constexpr bool simEvent = false;
 };
 
 struct BeforeSimEvent
 {
+	static constexpr bool simEvent = true;
 };
 
 struct AfterSimEvent
 {
+	static constexpr bool simEvent = true;
 };
 
 using GameControllerEvent = std::variant<
diff --git a/src/lua/LuaScriptInterface.cpp b/src/lua/LuaScriptInterface.cpp
index f3e12645b..1bc7b0730 100644
--- a/src/lua/LuaScriptInterface.cpp
+++ b/src/lua/LuaScriptInterface.cpp
@@ -4672,8 +4672,9 @@ bool LuaScriptInterface::HandleEvent(const GameControllerEvent &event)
 	{
 		lua_rawgeti(l, -1, i);
 		int numArgs = PushGameControllerEvent(l, event);
-		auto simEvent = std::get_if<BeforeSimEvent>(&event) ||
-		                std::get_if<AfterSimEvent>(&event);
+		auto simEvent = std::visit([](auto &event) {
+			return event.simEvent;
+		}, event);
 		int callret = tpt_lua_pcall(l, numArgs, 1, 0, simEvent);
 		if (callret)
 		{