Hiding or delaying stats in stat sheet

Game Development ChoiceScript Help
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How would I hide a stat in the stat sheet so that the reader doesn’t see it at the beginning of the game, but introduce it later on?

EX: a friendship stat for alex, but it wont be visible until you meet him

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You would do it with an if statement. You’d have to create a variable for meeting Alex in the startup file first, such as *create metalex false

Then in the stats screen, it would be something like:

*if metalex
      *stat_chart
           percent alex Alex

(With the “alex” following the “percent” being whatever variable you’ve made for Alex’s friendship stat. So if “metalex” isn’t true, this stat bar will not appear.)

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Or you can simplify it like this

*if alex != 0
   *stat_chart
      percent alex Alex

Of course this wouldn’t work if your starting relationship isn’t 0.

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Don’t do this! Well, not unless you plan to never have him going back to 0. (I’d also suggest starting relationships at a neutral 50, rather than 0, but anyway…)

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Oh, yeah. Right.
It will be super awkward if you screwed up with alex badly, and then his name suddenly gone from the stats screen.

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he ded

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Okay so I have this problem! I can do THIS just fine in my stats screen menu I made:

*fake_choice
  *if erindna
    #Sister. Erin.
      *goto statspage
  *if not(erindna)
    #Form1
      *goto statspage
  *if silverdna
    #Silver. Border collie.
      *goto statspage
  *if not(silverdna)
    #Form2
      *goto statspage
  *if oliverdna
    #Dad. Oliver.
      *goto statspage
  *if not(oliverdna)
    #Form3
      *goto statspage

So you get a list of each shapeshifter form you have so far, and if you don’t have them it does the “Form(number)” option. BUT!!!

But does anybody know a way to do it to where it won’t show up AT ALL until you set the variable for each one? Or do I just have to be content with it showing a whole list of “Form 1-3” when it’s false?

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Quick question: So, you want 3 conditions for each of the… npc dna? Not met (hidden), formX, and NPCdna?

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Okay I found out a way to do it myself! It’s super simple actually! I don’t even need the menu or anything really! It’s a lot neater. :slight_smile:

It’s just like this:

*if (erindna)
  Erin

*if (oliverdna)
  Oliver

*if (silverdna)
  Silver
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Yeah, I was gonna say - doing a bunch of *fake_choices wasn’t really necessary. I would definitely recommend making it

*if (erindna = true), however. The code can get confused and start to act up, so it’s a good practice to always have the(___ = true), instead of just “if ____”

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Ah. So you throw away the choices and use a simple list, instead?

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Yes! :slight_smile: It’s waaay simpler and faster!

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Ok thanks. :slight_smile:

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Yeah, even though it’s unnecessary I always use the full *if (variable = true) notation rather than the simplified *if variable form. It makes me feel confident that I know exactly the intention of what I’m doing.

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Hey, I’m new here, I was hoping someone could help me with setting it up so I can delay some stats that are shown in the stat screen; I’d like to have a percent bar for the romance options, as they come into the story. Is there any way of doing so?
(My terminology is a lacking, so I’m not even sure how to ask for help)

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There are fancier ways I suppose but easier is create a variable voleean that makes true in the moment you want people to see the stat.
This is the choice stats txt…

*if know_ro1
    *stat_chart
      percent ro1

In a moment you set in the scene a know_ro1 is true it will appear in stats while is false it will end hidden

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How about initializing the relationship variable to some unused value, and then testing for that in the stats? You can even use a boolean directly, since choicescript variables can hold any value type.

For instance…

In your startup file:

*create carol_rel false

In choicescript_stats:

*if carol_rel != false
	*stat_chart
		percent carol_rel Caroline

Once you actually meet Caroline:

*set carol_rel 50
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Yeah, that’s fancier but I though it was a beginner and I want to maintain the basics first but yours is a very practical

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@Myrtle @poison_mara Thank you both so much! I’m a bit of a newbie, but these both helped plenty ^v^ thank you

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Remember there is always several ways to do stuff, so Try by yourself and asking for any doubt you will have

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