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I know this has been suggested before, but there seriously should be a way to make variables become visible. For example, if you find a weapon, it has its own ammo counter. Before you got the weapon, this ammo counter didn't appear, but now that you have the weapon, the counter appears. I'm mainly suggesting this because of Primal Instincts, but it can also help quiz makers. (At the end of the quiz, the score will be revealed, as it was hidden while you answered the questions.)

Just use the advanced editor. Instead of adding scripts to each page, use the Global Page script.

Just add to the script, so it checks if your item is held. If it is, it tacks the text "Ammo Counter: 100 / 100" to the end, where %AMMO is how much current ammo you have, and %MAXAMMO is the total ammo you could have. Or something like that. This way, it only shows it on the page, at the bottom, if you have the item.

IF ITEMSTATE1 = 1 THEN 
BEGIN
$PAGETEXT := $PAGETEXT + "<br>Ammo Counter:" + %AMMO + " / " + %MAXAMMO
END

You would need to make it so that on the item, when it is used, it subtracts 1 from the ammo variable.

As for score - why, you just add to the text of your last page,

Your final score is %%SCORE%%.

Excellent Answer! (Moving to Advanced Editor)

Thanks everyone!

In the scripting Paul wrote, is the <br> where the name of the weapon goes?

sorry, I should explain things more. <br> means Line Break in HTML. It means it will write the text on a new line, instead of attaching it to the last sentence on the page. You can type the name of the weapon after the <br> if you want to show it. If you want more space between the page text and the ammo line, put two or more <br> in, so it's like pressing the Enter key multiple times.

Wow, Paul. You know a lot about Scripting! Thanks for the help, man. PI's gonna be sweet!

The only reason I asked was because BR = Battle Rifle. But it looks like it's good I asked.

But I did leave out a $ before Itemstate. Oops. Should be $ITEMSTATE1