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I am creating a game which includes the common variable Money, but it doesn't factor into the game until late and I don't want to have the icon "MONEY: 0" for the entire first half of the game. How do I make the money icon appear when it is used and stay appeared then, but not before?

By Icon, you mean text right?

Paste the following into any page where you want it to appear:

Money: %%MONEY%%

Also, make sure the variable name is actually money. If it's cash then:

Money: %%CASH%%

The %%VARIABLE%% is replaced simply by the value held in the variable.

Do you mean paste it into the place where I write the story on that page or paste it in the box that appears when I press the := icon? Because I tried the latter and it didn't work. I am a complete rookie to scripting by the way.

The text box, the := is for scripting.

Please read my comments on Reanimation 2 before you publish your next story. Also, I'm moving this to the advanced editor forum! :)

You can have it automatically do it for every page after a certain point, but that requires knowledge of scripting and $PAGEID scripts in particular.

Thank you. Much appreciated and I'll try to apply your criticism to my upcoming game.

Wonderful! :)

At some point, I'll write an article that properly summarizes everything you can do with the AE. However, despite that one not being there, you should check out all of the others under help and info :)