I’m having trouble with using temp variables.
The error I’m getting is: “Nonexistent variable alcohol”
My code looks like this:
#“You guys got any soda?” I say.
*temp alcohol false
#I drink some beer.
*temp alcohol true
*if (alchohol) = “true”
#“Because I’m drunk?”
This is all in one text file, but they don’t seem to recognize my temp variable… help?
*temp must be used at the very top of your scene.
*temp alcohol true
#"You guys got any soda?"
*set alcohol false
#I drink some beer.
*comment alcohol is already true, so no need to alter this.
*if (alcohol = true)
#"Because I'm drunk?
Also, you shouldn’t put true in quotation marks (“true”) if you’re testing for whether a variable is true or false. Quotation marks indicate strings, which are a type of variable based on text only (e.g name = “Josh”, place = “Earth”)
Also note where @edelclere put the parenthesis.
Instead of:
And although she is absolutely correct that putting your *temps at the top of your scene file is best practice, I think the reason you are getting a non-existent variable error message here is because you misspelled your variable
Emphasis added^
Even easier:
*if alcohol
I’ve sometimes had trouble with *if (variable) for conditional #options in a choice, so I’ve made it a habit to write out the full condition all the time
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