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Guys, for some reason, neither the ≥ or ≤ symbols seem to be working, is there anything I can use instead? 

Or, alternatively, if anyone can give me another way to achieve this:

I'm having a 'lava coming towards you' sequence. If anyone can give me a way to make it display:

'The lava is a long way off' if lava distance is below 1

'The lava is quite far off' if lava distance is above 1 but below or equal to to 10

'The lava is quite near' if lava distance is above 10 but below or equal to 20

'The lava is not far off you' if lava distance is above 20 but below or equal to 30

'The lava is quite close to you' if lava distance is above 30 but below or equal to 40

'The lava is nearly on top of you' if lava distance is above 40 but below or equal to 49

And if it's 50, I already know how to do the whole 'death sequence thing.'

lol the symbols work perfectly fine. It must be something else you're doing wrong. 

>= and <= are the symbols, that's why.

I was actually using ≥ and ≤.

My code doesn't seem to be working. Here it is:

%%LAVADIST%%0%>=%1%The lava appears to be a very long way off.%%.

%%LAVADIST%%1%>=%10%The lava seems to be a long way off.%%.

%%LAVADIST%%10%>=%20%The lava is quite far off.%%.

%%LAVADIST%%20%>=%30%The lava is quite near.%%.

%%LAVADIST%%30%>=%40%The lava is quite close to you.%%.

%%LAVADIST%%40%>=%49%The lava is nearly on top of you.%%.

My 'extra value''s purpose was to make it so that if it was greater than one number, but less than another number, it would show.

Unfortunately that doesn't seem to have worked.

Hey, hang on, 

%0%<%%LAVADIST%%>=%1%The lava appears to be a very long way off.%%

Is this right?

Unfortunately, no.

With On-Page Variables, you can't run a range the easy way, you would have to stat out all possible variations.

For example, to do what you posted above, would require this -

%%LAVADIST%<%10%The lava appears to be a very long way off.%%%%LAVADIST%=%10%The lava seems to be a long way off.%%%%LAVADIST%=%11%The lava seems to be a long way off.%%%%LAVADIST%=%12%The lava seems to be a long way off.%%%%LAVADIST%=%13%The lava seems to be a long way off.%%%%LAVADIST%=%14%The lava seems to be a long way off.%%%%LAVADIST%=%15%The lava seems to be a long way off.%%%%LAVADIST%=%16%The lava seems to be a long way off.%%%%LAVADIST%=%17%The lava seems to be a long way off.%%%%LAVADIST%=%18%The lava seems to be a long way off.%%%%LAVADIST%=%19%The lava seems to be a long way off.%%%%LAVADIST%=%20%The lava is quite far off.%%%%LAVADIST%=%21%The lava is quite far off.%%%%LAVADIST%=%22%The lava is quite far off.%%%%LAVADIST%=%23%The lava is quite far off.%%%%LAVADIST%=%24%The lava is quite far off.%%%%LAVADIST%=%25%The lava is quite far off.%%%%LAVADIST%=%26%The lava is quite far off.%%%%LAVADIST%=%27%The lava is quite far off.%%%%LAVADIST%=%28%The lava is quite far off.%%%%LAVADIST%=%29%The lava is quite far off.%%%%LAVADIST%=%30%The lava is quite near.%%%%LAVADIST%=%31%The lava is quite near.%%%%LAVADIST%=%32%The lava is quite near.%%%%LAVADIST%=%33%The lava is quite near.%%%%LAVADIST%=%34%The lava is quite near.%%%%LAVADIST%=%35%The lava is quite near.%%%%LAVADIST%=%36%The lava is quite near.%%%%LAVADIST%=%37%The lava is quite near.%%%%LAVADIST%=%38%The lava is quite near.%%%%LAVADIST%=%39%The lava is quite near.%%%%LAVADIST%=%40%The lava is quite close to you.%%%%LAVADIST%=%41%The lava is quite close to you.%%%%LAVADIST%=%42%The lava is quite close to you.%%%%LAVADIST%=%43%The lava is quite close to you.%%%%LAVADIST%=%44%The lava is quite close to you.%%%%LAVADIST%=%45%The lava is quite close to you.%%%%LAVADIST%=%46%The lava is quite close to you.%%%%LAVADIST%=%47%The lava is quite close to you.%%%%LAVADIST%=%48%The lava is quite close to you.%%%%LAVADIST%=%49%The lava is quite close to you.%%%%LAVADIST%>%49%The lava is nearly on top of you.%%

But this is a great idea, albeit, it is a huge amount to paste into almost every page.

%LAVADIST2 := %LAVADIST/10

You have to change the numbers a bit, but since your range is around 10 this would work better.

LAVADIST range 0-9 = LAVADIST2 is 0
LAVADIST range 10-19 = LAVADIST2 is 1
LAVADIST range 20-29 = LAVADIST2 is 2
LAVADIST range 30-39 = LAVADIST2 is 3
LAVADIST range 40-49 = LAVADIST2 is 4

Then change your comparisons to check lavadist2 instead.

%%LAVADIST%%20%>=%30%The lava is quite near.%%.

Becomes:

%%LAVADIST2%=%2%The lava is quite near.%%.

Make sense?

^Makes for less typing haha!

%%LAVADIST%<%2%The lava appears to be a very long way off.%%%%LAVADIST%=%2%The lava is quite far off.%%%%LAVADIST%=%3%The lava is quite near.%%%%LAVADIST%=%4%The lava is quite close to you.%%%%LAVADIST%>%4%The lava is nearly on top of you.%%

The only trouble with this is the fact that I want to vary the amount of time it takes to do certain things.

I don't see how that is trouble at all given all you asked was to accomplish what we just did, unless you forgot to mention something.

I have no idea what you just said.

1. Make another variable called LAVADIST2

2. Set it equal to LAVADIST/10

3. Fancy math makes this work

4. Do what Berka said to do below my post

5. It will work

How do I make a variable constantly another variable, albeit changed in some way? I'm quite new at this. This will be my first published game.

Put the script in the global link script and it will refresh every page.

Would that be %%LAVADIST%=%LAVADIST/2%?

No. Going like this:

%%LAVADIST%=%1%Write Something%%

Is an IF statement.

IF %LAVADIST is EQUAL to 1 THEN PRINT "Write Something"

Is how you would read it. You only use it when you want to write things on a page if a value is equal to something. Not to mention your script there (if it worked like you intended, and it doesn't) would set lavadist equal to half of itself.

I already wrote the actual line, it's:

%LAVADIST2 := %LAVADIST/10

:= sets something equal to something

How would I go about making LAVADIST round down to the nearest indices?

That doesn't makes sense as a question. The nearest indices?

%LAVADIST2 := %LAVADIST/10

If this is the case, then the answer might be a decimal point. In order to make it do what I want it to do, it'll need to round down to the nearest integer*.

*Whole number.

The system uses integers (whole numbers). Any division done is automatically rounded down to the nearest whole number.

Ok, thanks!

Sorry, I meant whole number!