Can i use a table attribute as a rule condition?

amarillovegan

Im doing a large item database in a table and i need to use a column text attribute in a rule condition, but i dont know how.

Braydon_SFX

We REALLY need this feature ^ ... Sigh

You cannot grab the cell from a table in a rule, currently. When you need to do is constrain or grab the value of the table and put that into another game attribute. Then reference that attribute in your rule.

SolarPepperStudios

I was just wondering that too... That would have REALLY helped out one of my games... *sigh* maybe one day. [-O<

CodeMonkey

If you must use tableCellValue in your rule conditions make a game attribute called ConstantZero which equals 0. When game.ConstantZero = (other expression)-tableCellValue()...

a = b => 0 = b-a

ingenious.applications

If you must use tableCellValue in your rule conditions make a game attribute called ConstantZero which equals 0. When game.ConstantZero = (other expression)-tableCellValue()...

a = b => 0 = b-a

It could be that it's 2AM for me right now, but I'm not quite understanding the method to your madness...and I really wish I did. My app will end up having several hundred attributes unless I could retask my behaviors to work with tables. Would you be able to give some more examples with your formula?

tatiang

Hmm. I didn't get it either, but I'm intrigued...

CodeMonkey

Instead of using the tableCellValue on the left side of a rule condition, use it on the right side.

e.g. If you wanted:
If tableCellValue(myTable,2,3) > 56

Instead try,
If game.ConstantZero > 56 - tableCellValue(myTable,2,3)

tatiang

Aha! Clever way of using zero instead of creating a specific attribute for each value you need. Thanks!

jonmulcahy

Instead of using the tableCellValue on the left side of a rule condition, use it on the right side.

e.g. If you wanted:
If tableCellValue(myTable,2,3) > 56

Instead try,
If game.ConstantZero > 56 - tableCellValue(myTable,2,3)

this is what I do to track high scores. I have my code like this:


if levelScore > tableCellValue(tblLevelSettings,currentLeve,2)
then do this

ingenious.applications

Ah, I see. Very nice work-around. I'll definitely take a close look at my app and see how long it'll take me to re-work what I already have built into multiple attributes.

On another note, though, do you have any clever solutions to cells/colums that are not integers or real values? Several of my tables would use text.

CodeMonkey

Change a text attribute to the tableCellValue and use that for the left side of the rule condition?