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In my next few games i will use advanced battles like in RPGs,  but I need to know how to use scripting.

three articles.

thnx!

No way dont include me!!! I may be a natural but Im still a rookie.  Give me time to develop :P

Alright, I have a question I couldn't find in those articles:

I have a variable in Quest to Glory (I am using Script for it). It is MANA and is used for spells and crap. Anyway, I want to have it so that whenever you take an action, it regenerates by 1 point. For example...

Say that you're on a...mountain. You've just killed a creature with a "Plume of Fire" spell; it costs 15 MANA. Now you're waiting around, and you decide to look at some mountain flowers. After going to that link (Look at Mountain Flowers), your MANA increases by 1.

How would I do this? I know I have to allow the script to say (in English): When MANA is below 50 (the max), +1 MANA per action. How would I script this?

I think the beginning would be this:

%MANA := > 50 THEN
[+1 MANA per action]

Is the beginning right?

I also have another question with scripting for QtG (Quest to Glory):

I have a variable STORAGE (max: 10, min: 0, start: 0) that shows how much crap you have in your inventory. Anyway, at the beginning of the game, there is a farm growing corn. You can buy corn there, and so I wanted corn to be an item, but wanted it in variable form. However, there are other items, like potions, with a more potent healing power. But I want a player to be able to use both (not at the same time, but in the same inventory. So here's my question: Can I have a variable show a certain amount of a variable that is being affected by another variable? In Enlgish, I'm asking "How can I make CORN and POTIONS show a certain amount when they're being controlled by STORAGE, the amount of space in one's inventory?" Here's an example:

Say you have 6 CORN and 4 POTIONS. CORN and POTIONS are separate variables, but are controlled by STORAGE. How do I show CORN and POTIONS at their current amounts when the STORAGE variable is affecting them BUT CAN CHANGE?

For the first one, put it in Global Link Script.

Ah, yes, of course! Thanks so much, dudes. I'm pretty sure this was explained in the articles, so that says something about my reading ability LOL. Anyway, does the Global Link affect everything? Does that script say that "If 50 MANA is attained, stop until MANA is less than 1?"

How can I have multiple Global Links?

Well, actually October, you didn't answer my question completely. (sorry for the triple posts)

My full question was "CORN and POTIONS rely on STORAGE for their maximum, but you can have up to 10 of any item in Storage; the problem is, the CORN and POTIONS variables will change too, and having them at 10 makes STORAGE obsolete, OR DOES IT? Does having STORAGE = CORN + POTIONS make it so that the maximum of STORAGE affects the maximum (in any circumstance) of CORN and POTIONS, making their maximums be so as to not conflict with STORAGE and cause it to be obsolete?

What I'm asking is, Will CORN and POTIONS be affected by STORAGE depending on how much suff is in STORAGE?

For example: If you have 6 CORN and 4 POTIONS, then that will make STORAGE equal 10, right? But it also makes CORN and POTIONS change their maximum to the respective (and in this case, current) amount?

Yeah, well, it only allows one Global Link as far as I can tell. How do I add more?

BEGIN and END functions seperate tehm i believe.

Oh yeah, that could do it. Thanks, JJJ. You probably pointed out something I missed. I bet I'm looking like an idiot LOL.

I was worse when I started :D

And global page effects every page.

What about with Damage? How would I write a Global Link for damage?
Here's what I have so far:

%DAMAGE := (%POWER + %EDEFENCE) [Enemy Defence]
IF %DAMAGE < (%POWER + %EDEFENCE)
THEN %DAMAGE = 0
END

It says that this isn't valid. Why not? What must I change?

Okay, I'll PM those guys. See if they know anything.

First, when typing IF and THEN, I believe you need to have the word THEN on the same line as the word IF

So, you'd have

IF %DAMAGE < (%POWER + %EDEFENCE) THEN
%DAMAGE=0
END

However, looking at your script, it doesn't make sense - your first line sets damage to equal POWER + EDEFENCE, so it is impossible for DAMAGE on the second line to be less than POWER + DEFENCE, because you just told it to make it equal to POWER + DEFENCE on the line above!

IF %DAMAGE < (%POWER + %EDEFENCE)
THEN %DAMAGE = 0
END

Should be

IF %DAMAGE < (%POWER + %EDEFENCE) THEN
BEGIN
  %DAMAGE := 0
END

Remember, "=" means "is equal to" and ":=" means "assign to".  Also, an "END" must have a "BEGIN".

"I'm not sure if singular links have a higher power than global, but that's just my guess."

Global Link Scripts first, then Link Scripts. They both run.

But what about Damage on its own? Would I just make a entirely new link? Like, Damage equals Power + EDefence?

It's always nice to know you're safe as your big guns take out the pathetic invaders. Oh wait, that's my Stronghold 2 side of my brain right there. I play too many RTS's.

Anyway, thanks everyone with the help on Scripting. And remember, this isn't just for me. It's for everyone.

Amen