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[deadworm222]

This has probably been asked before. But I ask it anyway, because I can't think of a keyword for the search engine.

This question is about variables.

In one room, there's a cupboard. You can open the cupboard with an item.

It would seem logical that when you open the cupboard, it stays open. But no. When you leave the room and come back, the cupboard is closed.

And then I have loads of other problems similar to this one.

How do I have to juggle the variables to make this work? At the moment I use global variables.

P.S. Curves team got two more programmers. Go team, GO!

[Igorrr]

OK so I answer before the professionals do ;-)

To have the game know that your cupboard is open no matter where you are in the game a global variable would be the best choice.
As in your other post today I would recommend using an arrays for this.
Use something like a global "Flags" or "Area Flags" array  that save the actions you did manipulating your surroundings.
Now of course using a numbered index you have to keep notes somewhere on what index number is referring to, so you could instead indexing like:

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global Flagsarray("iscupboardopen","isdooropen","characterkilledogre","princessissaved","charakterwokeupwithleftfootfirst","underscores_are_better");
I guess if you write a big game you will have a lot of coding to do...

[Mnemonic]

You can setup the scene to rebeber the activity of the scene nodes (in SpriteEdit, scene properties, "Remember node states"). That way you can have two images, open and closed cupboard, and setting their .Active property you can open/close the cupboard. And the scene will remember their state until next visit.

In your case of having an item hidden inside, you may want to place the closed image over the item so that it's not accessible when the cupboard is closed.

[deadworm222]

OK, thanks!

[deadworm222]

I got the variables working this way. In the script file of the cabinet object i declared global StateCabinet and then wrote, for example:

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on "hairpin"
{

if(!StateCabinet.UnLocked)
{
//do stuff
StateCabinet.UnLocked=true;
}


}
BTW, I'm unable to see what code Igorrr has there.

[Mnemonic]

BTW, I'm unable to see what code Igorrr has there.

Igorrr's code should look like:

global FlagsArray = new Array("aaa", "bbb", "ccc");

[Igorrr]

Errr...... ummmmm....yes of course... I meant that