How to assign independent & dynamic variable (number) to every player in multiplayer?

[finguide 1]

I have no idea how to assign a variable and use it in multiplayer mission. I want to create a simple money system, where every player has at start for example $20.000 in his wallet and if he buys any stuff, his/her wallet will loose some cash. My problem is, that how do I create dynamic "wallet" for every player? I don't understand especially that, how can I assign the (independent) money variable to every player and make the script check (and eg. write it to players chat) and change it later. So, I want player to be able to check his wallet and the money in there decrease when the player buys something.

I managed to create something like this:

money = 20000;

player addAction ["Check your wallet","player sideChat You have $ %1 in your wallet."];

As you may see I have _no_ idea what I'm doing... :rolleyes:

How do I get that to reference the player's money variable and print it only to his chat or the popup hint?

[kylania 567]

Three commands will help with this. setVariable, getVariable and publicVariable. You can learn about using variables by checking the wiki.