# How Do I Know What Words I Can Use In Creating My Stat Chart? **URL:** \ **Category:** ChoiceScript Help\ **Created:** [September 22, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-do-i-know-what-words-i-can-use-in-creating-my-stat-chart/86697 "2020-09-22T14:30:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Blazing\_Shadows](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/blazing_shadows/32/127067_2.png) [@Blazing\_Shadows](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Blazing_Shadows)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 2:30pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-do-i-know-what-words-i-can-use-in-creating-my-stat-chart/86697/1 "2020-09-22T14:30:34Z")
I’m having trouble with my stat coding. The error I’m getting is: “Error: startup line 2: Invalid create instruction, no value specified: stat\_chart” My code looks like this: ``` *title Choice of the Guardian *create stat_chart opposed_pair Passion Peacefulness opposed_pair leadership Dominance Submission opposed_pair strength Agility Brute Strength opposed_pair Vigilance Confidence *create Passion 50 *create Dominance 50 *create Agility 50 *create Vigilance 50 This is my first game, so it may seem choppy. I'm a pretty good storyteller because I imagine everything my characters would do,so I hope that Choice of the Guardian is as good as I wanted it to be. *page_break I'm Sure It's Fine! Long ago, before the time of The Curse and during the time of the Garden of Eden, back when the world was perfect, dragons roamed and ruled the Earth. There were four main kinds of dragons; the proud fire dragons with their flaming breath and bright, metallic, iron-hard scales. The earth dragons that spat scalding acid and deadly stinging tails, no to mention a vastly territorial nature. The wind dragons who glided on the winds, having no wings of their own, and able to fire bolts of lightning. And last, but not least in any way, the sea dragons with their immense size and strength, the biggest of all the dragon kinds, they preferred the water over flying, though the occasional flight was not out of the ordinary. *line_break When The Curse was inflicted apon Mankind,The dragons at first tried to continue living on the Earth, but they found that after three thousand years of trying to coexist, their race was dwindling. Mankind hunted them for sport, took over their homes, and stole their prey. Little by little, they began to realise that there was no longer a place for them among Mankind. Inherently magical creatures, the dragons tore a rift, a portal, between an empty, safe world, and this one. Then, down to the last dragonette, they vanished through it. *page_break Well, all except four. *page_break A represenative from each tribe, the copper-colored fire, the pearl-scaled wind, the saphire-plated sea and the verdelite earth, each gave up their power to four worthy individuals, one from each corner of the world: modern-era Canada, Australia, Peru, and Japan. Each of these people became the first Guardians, gifted with unbreakable bones, the power to control their respective elements, and a fantastic healing ability. *line_break But perhaps their greatest ability was to be able to transform into the dragons of old. *page_break Cool ``` ---
**Author:** ![tiranka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/58f4c7/32.png) [@tiranka](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/tiranka)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 2:35pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-do-i-know-what-words-i-can-use-in-creating-my-stat-chart/86697/2 "2020-09-22T14:35:58Z")
Did you use `*create passion 50` in your startup file? Because what that error is trying to tell you is that there is no variable with that name it could read as a stat ---
**Author:** ![Blazing\_Shadows](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/blazing_shadows/32/127067_2.png) [@Blazing\_Shadows](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Blazing_Shadows)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 2:38pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-do-i-know-what-words-i-can-use-in-creating-my-stat-chart/86697/3 "2020-09-22T14:38:44Z")
I will try that, thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Blazing\_Shadows](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/blazing_shadows/32/127067_2.png) [@Blazing\_Shadows](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Blazing_Shadows)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 2:44pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-do-i-know-what-words-i-can-use-in-creating-my-stat-chart/86697/5 "2020-09-22T14:44:18Z")
I have updaded my code as shown up top. I still get the same stupid error ---
**Author:** ![CC\_Hill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/cc_hill/32/256033_2.png) [@CC\_Hill](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/CC_Hill)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 2:45pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-do-i-know-what-words-i-can-use-in-creating-my-stat-chart/86697/6 "2020-09-22T14:45:45Z")
Choice script is case sensitive, all variable used in stats need to be created in startup, if your variable start with capital P for passion create the variable in start up with capital P ---
**Author:** ![tiranka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/58f4c7/32.png) [@tiranka](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/tiranka)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-do-i-know-what-words-i-can-use-in-creating-my-stat-chart/86697/7 "2020-09-22T14:47:53Z")
\*create first then the stats, but I’d generally advise to put the stat screens on a different file named choicescript\_stats . This way they will show when the player goes on the stats tab > [@CC\_Hill](#): > > Choice script is case sensitive, all variable used in stats need to be created in startup, if your variable start with capital P for passion create the variable in start up with capital P Not necessarily if you are working with the `*stat_chart`, at least capitals work there for me, but inside the text very much so yes ---
**Author:** ![Blazing\_Shadows](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/blazing_shadows/32/127067_2.png) [@Blazing\_Shadows](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Blazing_Shadows)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-do-i-know-what-words-i-can-use-in-creating-my-stat-chart/86697/8 "2020-09-22T14:49:03Z")
I will try that, and update yall on how it goes. ---
**Author:** ![CC\_Hill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/cc_hill/32/256033_2.png) [@CC\_Hill](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/CC_Hill)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 2:49pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-do-i-know-what-words-i-can-use-in-creating-my-stat-chart/86697/9 "2020-09-22T14:49:26Z")
also the creates goes in startup file not in the stats file, I saw that you have some opposed pairs remember to also create the Leadership variable in addition to the Dominance and Submission variable ---
**Author:** ![Blazing\_Shadows](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/blazing_shadows/32/127067_2.png) [@Blazing\_Shadows](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Blazing_Shadows)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 2:53pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-do-i-know-what-words-i-can-use-in-creating-my-stat-chart/86697/10 "2020-09-22T14:53:55Z")
Alright, I got a different error, fixed that to get another error ---
**Author:** ![CC\_Hill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/cc_hill/32/256033_2.png) [@CC\_Hill](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/CC_Hill)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 2:55pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-do-i-know-what-words-i-can-use-in-creating-my-stat-chart/86697/11 "2020-09-22T14:55:41Z")
what did you get this time? ---
**Author:** ![Blazing\_Shadows](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/blazing_shadows/32/127067_2.png) [@Blazing\_Shadows](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Blazing_Shadows)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-do-i-know-what-words-i-can-use-in-creating-my-stat-chart/86697/12 "2020-09-22T14:56:27Z")
“Error: startup line 2: Invalid create instruction, no value specified: stat\_chart” ---
**Author:** ![CC\_Hill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/cc_hill/32/256033_2.png) [@CC\_Hill](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/CC_Hill)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-do-i-know-what-words-i-can-use-in-creating-my-stat-chart/86697/13 "2020-09-22T14:56:28Z")
wait you are saying that your capital variable works even if you create them with lower case? ---
**Author:** ![tiranka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/58f4c7/32.png) [@tiranka](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/tiranka)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-do-i-know-what-words-i-can-use-in-creating-my-stat-chart/86697/14 "2020-09-22T14:57:22Z")
``` [b] Personality:[/b] *stat_chart opposed_pair Impulsive Cautious opposed_pair Emotional Stoic opposed_pair Sincere Sarcastic opposed_pair tradition Traditional Accepting ``` yup 😊 👍 I\*ve got `*create impulsive 50`, `*create emotional 50` etc. ---
**Author:** ![Blazing\_Shadows](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/blazing_shadows/32/127067_2.png) [@Blazing\_Shadows](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Blazing_Shadows)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-do-i-know-what-words-i-can-use-in-creating-my-stat-chart/86697/15 "2020-09-22T14:57:25Z")
I never created them with lowercase to begin with. ---
**Author:** ![Blazing\_Shadows](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/blazing_shadows/32/127067_2.png) [@Blazing\_Shadows](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Blazing_Shadows)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-do-i-know-what-words-i-can-use-in-creating-my-stat-chart/86697/16 "2020-09-22T14:58:58Z")
I would like to know what words ChoceScript will accept when I go to test my game ---
**Author:** ![Blazing\_Shadows](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/blazing_shadows/32/127067_2.png) [@Blazing\_Shadows](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Blazing_Shadows)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 3:01pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-do-i-know-what-words-i-can-use-in-creating-my-stat-chart/86697/17 "2020-09-22T15:01:02Z")
For example, the only ones I know are “leadership” and “strength” ---
**Author:** ![CC\_Hill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/cc_hill/32/256033_2.png) [@CC\_Hill](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/CC_Hill)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 3:04pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-do-i-know-what-words-i-can-use-in-creating-my-stat-chart/86697/18 "2020-09-22T15:04:44Z")
The below goes in startup file txt ``` *title Choice of the Guardian *create Passion 50 *create Peacefulness 50 *create leadership 50 *create Dominance 50 *create Submission 50 *create strength 50 *create Agility 50 *create Brute_Strengt 50 *create Vigilance 50 *create Confidence 50 This is my first game, so it may seem choppy. I'm a pretty good storyteller because I imagine everything my characters would do,so I hope that Choice of the Guardian is as good as I wanted it to be. *page_break I'm Sure It's Fine! Long ago, before the time of The Curse and during the time of the Garden of Eden, back when the world was perfect, dragons roamed and ruled the Earth. There were four main kinds of dragons; the proud fire dragons with their flaming breath and bright, metallic, iron-hard scales. The earth dragons that spat scalding acid and deadly stinging tails, no to mention a vastly territorial nature. The wind dragons who glided on the winds, having no wings of their own, and able to fire bolts of lightning. And last, but not least in any way, the sea dragons with their immense size and strength, the biggest of all the dragon kinds, they preferred the water over flying, though the occasional flight was not out of the ordinary. *line_break When The Curse was inflicted apon Mankind,The dragons at first tried to continue living on the Earth, but they found that after three thousand years of trying to coexist, their race was dwindling. Mankind hunted them for sport, took over their homes, and stole their prey. Little by little, they began to realise that there was no longer a place for them among Mankind. Inherently magical creatures, the dragons tore a rift, a portal, between an empty, safe world, and this one. Then, down to the last dragonette, they vanished through it. *page_break Well, all except four. *page_break A represenative from each tribe, the copper-colored fire, the pearl-scaled wind, the saphire-plated sea and the verdelite earth, each gave up their power to four worthy individuals, one from each corner of the world: modern-era Canada, Australia, Peru, and Japan. Each of these people became the first Guardians, gifted with unbreakable bones, the power to control their respective elements, and a fantastic healing ability. *line_break But perhaps their greatest ability was to be able to transform into the dragons of old. *page_break Cool ``` And this goes in stats file txt ``` This is your stats screen [b]Stats[/b] *stat_chart opposed_pair Passion Peacefulness opposed_pair leadership Dominance Submission opposed_pair strength Agility Brute_Strength opposed_pair Vigilance Confidence ``` ---
**Author:** ![CC\_Hill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/cc_hill/32/256033_2.png) [@CC\_Hill](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/CC_Hill)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-do-i-know-what-words-i-can-use-in-creating-my-stat-chart/86697/19 "2020-09-22T15:06:14Z")
Huh!, that’s good to know ---
**Author:** ![tiranka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/58f4c7/32.png) [@tiranka](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/tiranka)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-do-i-know-what-words-i-can-use-in-creating-my-stat-chart/86697/20 "2020-09-22T15:06:39Z")
? what exactly do you mean? because you can use anything as long as you \*create the right one in the stats first? for example startup ``` *create leadership 50 *create passion 50 *create strength 50 *create vigilance 50 ``` and then your stats file: stat\_chart ``` *stat_chart opposed_pair Passion Peacefulness opposed_pair leadership Dominance Submission opposed_pair strength Agility Brute Strength opposed_pair Vigilance Confidence ``` @CC_Hill you actually don’t need to create the stat names on the opposing side, they won’t change anything about the stat bar. You only need the a third one or the ones that will be on the left side of the bar, if you want to ‘raise’ the stat on the right you need to `*set passion %-5` or `*set passion -5` depenion on whether or not you use fairmath ^^ ---
**Author:** ![CC\_Hill](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/cc_hill/32/256033_2.png) [@CC\_Hill](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/CC_Hill)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2020, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-do-i-know-what-words-i-can-use-in-creating-my-stat-chart/86697/21 "2020-09-22T15:18:14Z")
You mean create or define? because if it is created it need to be define…so no need to create it at all? [Next page](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/how-do-i-know-what-words-i-can-use-in-creating-my-stat-chart/86697.md?page=2)