chainsawpenguin

I have two Global variables (as part of a Character Creation system):

Gender (bool)
Nation (float)

As I move through my CC event, I follow this path:

****beginning of event****
-> Destroy all of prefab 0 --test model
-> Destroy all of prefab 1 --test model
-> Destroy all of prefab 2 --Gender = False, Nation = 0
-> Destroy all of prefab 3 --Gender = True, Nation = 0
-> Destroy all of prefab 4 --Gender = False, Nation = 1
-> Destroy all of prefab 5 --Gender = True, Nation = 1
-> Destroy all of prefab 6 --Gender = False, Nation = 2
-> Destroy all of prefab 7 --Gender = True, Nation = 2
-> Destroy all of prefab 8 --Gender = False, Nation =3
-> Destroy all of prefab 9 --Gender = True, Nation = 3

Then:

Check if Nation = 0
-> if true, Check bool value of Gender
-> if true, spawn Prefab 3
-> if false, spawn Prefab 2
-> if false, go to the Nation check

Check if Nation = 1
-> if true, Check bool value of Gender
-> if true, spawn Prefab 5
-> if false, spawn Prefab 4
-> if false, go to the Nation check

Check if Nation = 0
-> if true, Check bool value of Gender
-> if true, spawn Prefab 7
-> if false, spawn Prefab 6
-> if false, go to the Nation check

Check if Nation = 0
-> if true, Check bool value of Gender
-> if true, spawn Prefab 9
-> if false, spawn Prefab 8

Then I have a dialogue that allows the player to do one of three things:

Change Gender ->
Check the value of the boolean ->
if successful (true) -> change to false
if failed (false) -> change to true
-> go back to the beginning of my event

Change Nation ->
Add 1 to the value of Nation ->
Check to see if this is equal to 4 ->
if successful (Nation = 4) -> change Nation to 0
-> go back to beginning of event
if failed (Nation != 4)
-> go back to beginning of event

Continue -> Go into the first scene of the game

NOW: for some reason, the Nation and the Gender are ALWAYS set to 0 and False, no matter what value I assign them in Game -> Game Settings -> Initial Game Variables, and are never changed by any of my logic.

To prove this out, I want a small dialogue on the side to display the values of the variables, but...

I can't seem to dope out how to include a variable's value in a dialogue string.

Any ideas? Also, do you see anything wrong with the above logic?

Any guidance or suggestions would be appreciated!!

gamingislove

bool variables (e.g. for Gender): #varboolGender#
float variables (e.g. for Nation): #varfloatNation#

These (and all other) text codes can easily be added through the buttons above the text area, click on More and Data and select Game Variable to select different variable text codes.

Make sure you're changing the variables on the correct origin and the variable keys match, e.g. gender and Gender are different keys.

chainsawpenguin

Let me ask a follow up question:

If I have a global variable (Gender) and I define it as true, then I change it within the event to be false, and I check it again, it should display as false, right? OR does it not commit the change to a global variable until the event ends? Would I be better off reading the global into a local, playing with the local in the event, and then updating the global variable at the end of the event?

Shadow_Fire

Whatever global variables you change in the event will be updated automatically. If not, then well, I would be screw cause most of my events depend on that, and it's working fine here.

chainsawpenguin

Hm.... then there's something fundamental i'm missing. I have a simple loop that should be incrementing a global float by 1 every loop, and it's always reporting that it's just zero.

I have another where a bool should be alternating every loop, but it always evaluates to false.

I MUST be missing something... Is there somewhere that I have to declare my variables, outside of the event, if they are global? I tried setting them up in Initial Game Variables in Game -> Game Settings, but that didn't seem to make any difference.

Any ideas what I'm missing?

chainsawpenguin

Okay, I'm completely stuck at this point. I've created a brand new blank game with only the latest Ork. I create a completely new event called float_test.

Add->Value->Variable->Change Game Variables

Inside CGV:

Variable Origin: Global

Add Game Variable

Change Variable 0
Value Type: Game Variable
Value: TestFloat
Remove: unchecked
Type: Float
Operator: Set

Float Value
Value Type: Value
Value: 100

Add->UI->Dialogue->Show Dialogue

Dialogue Type: Message
Wait: checked
Use Speaker/Show Title/Output to Console: all unchecked
Message: #varfloatTestFloat# is my value.

Add->Value->Variable->Change Game Variables

Inside CGV:

Variable Origin: Global

Add Game Variable

Change Variable 0
Value Type: Game Variable
Value: TestFloat
Remove: unchecked
Type: Float
Operator: Add

Float Value
Value Type: Value
Value: 8

This is then linked back to the Dialogue, so that it will show the current value of TestFloat incrementing: display value, increment it, display it again, etc., forever.

And then when I run it, this ALWAYS reports a value of zero. I would expect it to start with 100 and then increment by 8 every time.

This is as simple as I can get. I have no idea what I'm missing. Any ideas?

Shadow_Fire

ahh I see now why it' not working for you. In the value type, change Game Variable to Value.

chainsawpenguin

Oh, for goodness sake! That was it!!!

I have no idea why I thought it needed to be a Game Variable. Maybe I got confused by the tooltip? What does it mean when it says:

"Value Type: Select where the string value comes from:
- Value: A defined value.
- Game Variable: The value of a game variable (string).
- Player Prefs: The value of a PlayerPrefs string variable.
- Scene Name: The name of the current scene."

What's the distinction between a Value and a Game Variable? I guess I thought the Game Variable was the value I wanted...

In any event, I can now move forward! Thanks, all!

Shadow_Fire

You are just one of the many people who had also made the same mistake :)
GiL explained the difference in this thread.

http://forum.orkframework.com/discussion/617/solved-game-variables-not-working