Rule to apply to many attributes!!! HELP!

JagonApps

Ok, so this may have already been mentioned, but I don't really know what to search for to check

-So what I want to do is make a general rule which can apply to many attributes (100 in total).
-An example of one of the 100 attributes is: 'game.timer-best 102' (102 refers to the world (1) and the level (2)
-I need a formula so that I have the general wording (game.timer-best ) and then adding on the specific level (of which I already have a working attribute for to determine this)

Is there a formula to do something like this?

Thanks for any help in advance

gyroscope

Hi @JagonApps Just make another global integer attribute for the World and you'll have all the building blocks for what you want. So in the display Text Behaviour:

"Best Time "..game.timer-best.." "..game.World.."0"..game.Level

For the spaces in the expression editor, use alt-space.

JagonApps

@gyroscope thanks I'll give that a go!

JagonApps

@gyroscope, I have realised that is not quite what I want

The current statement I have (which works) is: floor(( game.timer-best %60)/10)..".png"

BUT I want to replace 'game.timer-best' with a formula which could apply to any level, so something like:

game.timer-best (game.currentworld * 100)+(game.current scene)

This would then correctly refer to the relevant attribute for that scene.

Is this possible?

Thanks

gyroscope

Sure, you can have any equation you like, and change a single attribute from it; or a name of an image even, as your prev. example.

So your example works fine - without any text for display - to change an integer attribute to give a number:

game.timer-best = (game.currentworld * 100)+(game.current scene) is good that you've done, providing current world and current scene attributes are integers or real types. :-)

JagonApps

@gyroscope, sorry I haven't explained it very well I think...

What I want to do is get gamesalad to refer to a specific attribute depending on another attribute, without writing out the different variations for the rule 100 times over.

So in this example, I want an image (the number relating to timer-best) to be constrained to the attribute timer-best, like this: floor(( game.timer-best %60)/10)..".png"

BUT I have many timer-best attributes for each level, so I want the constrain rule to say that game.timer.best(game.currentworld * 100)+(game.current scene)

So gamesalad goes to the attribute which relates to the particular level.


Does that explain it any better??

Thanks

gyroscope

Does that explain it any better??

Thanks

I think so...! So what you'd be after is:

floor(( ((game.currentworld * 100)+(game.current scene)) %60)/10)..".png"

Does that work out for you?

JagonApps

Does that explain it any better??

Thanks

I think so...! So what you'd be after is:

floor(( ((game.currentworld * 100)+(game.current scene)) %60)/10)..".png"

Does that work out for you?

Not quite I'm afraid, I want GS to be able to choose which game.best-timer attribute to use depending on which attribute (eg. game.best-timer 104) corresponds to the current world and scene: game.currentworld * 100)+(game.current scene) (which in an example would equal 104)

Can this be done?

gyroscope

I'm certain it can...it's just I'm still getting confused as to what you want.... sorry, it's me, not you.... I still don't understand your explanation....

I hope another member is more awake than I am today/tonight who can help.....

JagonApps

Thanks gyroscope, I can't really think of how else to explain it...
bump?