Increasing the value of variables in stat chart

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Hello, I’m new to ChoiceScript and coding in general and I would appreciate any help I can get.

I was wondering what would be the correct code to increase the value of stat variables in stat percent charts?

For example, let’s say we have a Strength attribute which is displayed as

*stat_chart
	percent strength Strength
	percent charisma Charisma
	percent intelligence Intelligence

How do I set the max value for Strength to be 1000 instead of 100, so if it goes over or equal to 1000, the percent bar will be shown as 100% but if you have a value of 100 then it will be displayed as 10% of the percent bar?

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You can use fairmath to add and subtract % to a variable. here is a guide to that.

As for changing the value of 100 to 1000 I think there is a way but I can’t find it right now.

Well, I think you can manually make the operation and update the value accordingly to the 0-100 scale
but if you want to display from 0-100 I don’t see why you need to go to 1000 if the bar only goes to 100.

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Fair math will keep the value of the variable strictly within the percentile range, that is between 0 and 100.

To turn any value into a percentage, just divide it by its maximum.

*stat_chart
	percent round(strength/1000*100) Strength

There are definitely benefits, as you can have a wider range, you can use a different scale to grant points. Also, not everyone (and I mean me) likes fairmath, because change is exponential instead of linear it is much harder to balance the game properly without a lot of trial and error.

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Basically, what you want is decimal precision.

I would suggest keeping double variables, e.g. strength_real and strength_display, and then updating them in a subroutine that checks whether they’ve gone over or under the limit. Something like this:

*label add_strength
*params add
*temp sum strength_real + add
*if ((sum >= 0) and (sum <= 1000))
    *set strength_real sum
    *set strength_display sum / 10
*return

And then you would call it like *gosub add_strength 5 or similar. Although I kept my universal subroutines in a separate file, so I used *gosub_scene.

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An example from my WIP, using the player’s health and energy:

*set rounded_health round((p_health / p_max_health) * 100)
*set rounded_energy round((p_energy / p_max_energy) * 100)
*stat_chart
	percent rounded_health Health (${p_health}/${p_max_health})
	percent rounded_energy Energy (${p_energy}/${p_max_energy})

The result is shown like this:

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