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[Shabadu 0]

I'm having difficulty creating a global variablr, lets call it creds.

What I want to do is build an object in a specific area and if it's in the right place it'll slowly add to "creds" which I want displayed permanently on-screen.

I can't figure out a method of handling the variable and have no idea how to display it.

I'm at uni and we are learning C++, I've done some versions of BASIC so I'm not illiterate in this respect and I have all the comrefs I can lay my hands on.

[Guest BratZ]

creds = 0

? _buildingplaced : creds = creds +1

after you have changed the variable on any computer in a multiplayer game use:

publicvariable cred

So that all computers get the changed number

hint format["Credits:%1 ", creds]

(run this on every computer if you want all to see when it has changed)

[Shabadu 0]

</span><table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1"><tr><td>Quote (BratZ @ Oct. 16 2002,19:02)</td></tr><tr><td id="QUOTE">creds = 0

? _buildingplaced : creds = creds +1

after you have changed the variable on any computer in a multiplayer game use:

publicvariable cred

So that all computers get the changed number

hint format["Credits:%1 ", creds]

(run this on every computer if you want all to see when it has changed)<span id='postcolor'>

I see. _buildingplaced a command or do I need to make an addaction to do this?

[Guest BratZ]

I used _buildingplaced in place of whatever variable you were using to verify the building pacing operation is done.Heres some snippets of and old RTS mission I made back in 1.20 or so so be careful of new/old commands.A script I used to place the HQ's:

? (not alive usachq) : goto "rebuildusahq"

? usahqplaced == 1 : usa1 sidechat "HQ Already Placed!" && exit

? (usagold<499):goto "notenoughcash"

? usabarracksplaced == 1 && (usaengineer distance usabarracks) < 30 : goto "inuse"

? usaadvbarracksplaced == 1 && (usaengineer distance usaadvbarracks) < 20 : goto "inuse"

? usaairpadplaced == 1 && (usaengineer distance usaairpad) < 30 : goto "inuse"

? usavehyardplaced == 1 && (usaengineer distance usavehyard) < 40 : goto "inuse"

? usatankyardplaced == 1 && (usaengineer distance usatankyard) < 40 : goto "inuse"

exit

#placeusahq

~1

?(usaengineer distance ironmine)< 500: usa1 sidechat "HQ Can't Be Within 500m of IronMine!" ;exit

?(usaengineer distance ironmine1)< 500: usa1 sidechat "HQ Can't Be Within 500m of IronMine!" ;exit

?(usaengineer distance ironmine2)< 500: usa1 sidechat "HQ Can't Be Within 500m of IronMine!" ;exit

?(usaengineer distance ironmine3)< 500: usa1 sidechat "HQ Can't Be Within 500m of IronMine!" ;exit

?(usaengineer distance ironmine4)< 500: usa1 sidechat "HQ Can't Be Within 500m of IronMine!" ;exit

?(usaengineer distance goldmine)< 500: usa1 sidechat "HQ Can't Be Within 500m of GoldMine!" ;exit

?(usaengineer distance goldmine1)< 500: usa1 sidechat "HQ Can't Be Within 500m of GoldMine!" ;exit

?(usaengineer distance goldmine2)< 500: usa1 sidechat "HQ Can't Be Within 500m of GoldMine!" ;exit

?(usaengineer distance goldmine3)< 500: usa1 sidechat "HQ Can't Be Within 500m of GoldMine!" ;exit

?(usaengineer distance goldmine4)< 500: usa1 sidechat "HQ Can't Be Within 500m of GoldMine!" ;exit

usachq setdir(0)

usaoptions setdir (270)

usaflag1 setdir (180)

usahqbm setdir (270)

_cpos = getpos usahq1

_hdx = _cPos select 0

_hdy = _cPos select 1

_hdz = _cPos select 2

usachq setpos [_hdx-15,_hdy,_hdz]

_cpos = getpos usaengineer

_hdx = _cPos select 0

_hdy = _cPos select 1

_hdz = _cPos select 2

usahqbm setpos [_hdx,_hdy+10,_hdz]

usaflag1 setpos [_hdx+7,_hdy-4,_hdz]

usaoptions setpos [_hdx-8,_hdy-8,_hdz]

usahqbm inflame true

? usahqplaced == 1 : exit

usasgold = usagold - 500

publicvariable "usasgold"

usa1 sidechat "HQ Placed and Ready For Use , 500 Gold Spent!"

usaflag1 setdammage 0

usachq setdammage 0

usaoptions setdammage 0

usahqbm setdammage 0

usahqplaced = usahqplaced + 1

publicvariable "usahqplaced"

usabstrength = usabstrength + 1

publicvariable "usabstrength"

;? usahqplaced ==1 && usahq1actions > 3: usahq1 removeaction 4;usahq1actions = usahq1actions -1

exit

#rebuildusahq

usahqplaced = 0

publicvariable "usahqplaced"

usachq setdammage 0

goto "placeusahq"

exit

#notenoughcash

usa1 sidechat "You need 500 Gold!"

exit

#inuse

usa1 sidechat "Some Of Your Base Is Still In Use For NEW PlaceMent !"

~2

usa1 sidechat "You Must Follow Distance Restrictions or Disable The Buildings !"

exit

[Guest BratZ]

Sorry its long and old,I would do things different today.

[Shabadu 0]

Thanks mate this might just help put the pieces together.

[KaRRiLLioN 0]

Do you want the teams as a whole to earn money, or do you want individual players to earn money at a different rate?

There's a lot of different ways to go about it.

Insofar as a permanently displayed credit amount, there isn't a great way to do it, since using titleltext will take up the middle/bottom portion of the screen, and using Hint will cause the "BLING BLING!" noise for those who have music turned on.