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#285

Oh thanx

#286

Im just trying to understand it all so the *rand court 1 4 is on my start up page where i put all my *creates

#287

If you only want to roll the random thing once put it under the creates and achievement bits

#288

Keeping it simple, the *rand command works like *set, except it picks random integer that is.

#289

Okay so iā€™m a new coder iā€™m gonna be asking a lot of stupid questions on here: so the first one what do I do when I want to create a text input for name? I know the command is *input_Text YourName but where do I put it? and do I have to create a variable for that first and if so where to put that? In the stats page?

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#290

First off, welcome! Secondly, you are right that you must *create ā€œnameā€ before you can have it defined by the user later. Just like with any variable.

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#291

Where do I create it though?
I use Chronicler to make this whole game so itā€™s somewhat messier than Cside but also easier in some aspects. Do I put it in the Start up? Or in the Choice script stats page?

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#292

I would put any variable you create in Startup. I use CSIDE but I imagine that part would be the same on both platforms.

Youā€™ll probably have a long list of 100+ variables on there before the end. Thatā€™s normal.

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#293

*text_input command works exactly the same as *set variable. Just put it anywhere you wanted the textbox to show up.

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#294

So I donā€™t have to use *create?

#295

You still need it.

*create functions as variable-declaring command. Think of it as a godā€™s way of saying, ā€œYouā€™re exist, therefore youā€™re!ā€

*text_input asks the player (surprise surprise!) their input and collects it into a variable declared previously.

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#296

Ffff god dammit, using chronicler is easier in the way you can organize and get to code easily but confusing as hell to use

#297

Is there a *text_input? I thought it was *input_text.

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#298

Yupā€¦
Itā€™s *input_text, apparentlyā€¦

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#299

Does anyone know what the code line is for when you want to make a choice disappear after itā€™s been chosen once? Like for example, I have a breakfast scene and Iā€™ve got ham set to break1 like this *set Break1 ā€œHamā€ what code is required so you cannot pick the same thing for Break2?

#300

How did I never think to look for this before??? (Thank you for the (very old) post @Carlos.R :slight_smile:

If you just want to make it unselectable, use *disable_resuse above the *choice. If you want to make it completely disappear from the list, I use variables or temp variables.
ie:

Which room do you check?
*choice
  *if (kitchen = "notvisited") #The kitchen. 
    *set kitchen "visited"

Edit: Actually I think youā€™re talking about a completely different scene, in which case the variable setting one (like the kitchen example) would probably be the way to go instead of disable_reuse. (If you want it to stay on the list but be greyed out in that way, you can use *selectable_if (instead of *if)

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#301

Well you can simply use *hide_reuse instead of *disable_reuse for previously selected choices.

Disable_reuse = grays the option
Hide_reuse = removes the option from the list

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#302

I use Chronicler so adding code and knowing where is a little difficult i dont use CSIDE like everyone else.

#303

I donā€™t know much about how to add choicescript coding into chronicler sorry. (Havenā€™t used it.)

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#304

Oh donā€™t worry about that i figure it out eventually, i just need help with the coding and then i paste it all over the place until it works. :wink:

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