Variable Check Help Topic

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12540

11/24/2015 03:01 PM

Hello! ^_^

I'm trying to make a variable that, when a common event is used, will change to another number, but never to the same number. To try to attempt this, I had another variable store the first variable's number and, if they equal each other, should re-generate the number so that the variable won't ever come up with the same number that it had immediately before this.

This is how my common event looks, with variable #11 being the one that changes and #17 being there to try to keep #11 from being the variable it was last time.

I was hoping that I could get someone more knowledgable with eventing to tell me if this looks right (also because I haven't really used labels and I'm not sure I'm using them right either).

Thanks a ton ahead of time. ^_^

Marrend

Guardian of the Description Thread

21781

11/24/2015 03:54 PM

The event-commands that occur to me that you might want to look into is Loop and Break Loop. So, like, after you do the initial roll for #11, start a Loop, check to see if the two are equal, and if so, re-roll. Otherwise, Break Loop.

*Edit: I... think?

*Edit2: If you use the label method, my guess is that the label would be at the point where you re-roll #11, which is right after you make the two variables equal. As for the result of the "if #11 == #17" check, when that's true, it would be, simply, Jump to Label. Probably!

GreatRedSpirit

ski-ba-bop-ba-dop-bop

6514

11/24/2015 04:51 PM

The roll for 17 should happen inside said loop. Sounds like you're thinking of:


Loop

  Conditional Branch FirstRoll ON
    Control Variable 17 = Random 1...17
  Else
    Control Variable 17 = Random 1...12
  End Branch
  Conditional Branch Variable 17 Does Not Equal Variable 11
    Control Variable 11 = Variable 17
    Break Loop
  End Branch

Repeat Above

I dunno what you're doing with the FirstRoll switch since it is never assigned a value in your snippet so I left it out. If it's meant for a literal first roll then set it to ON before the Loop and set it to OFF after the FirstRoll assignment.

e: for great code fixing bbcode engine shit idfk

e2: whoops yeah that's a mistake on my part. Fixed vvvv

unity

You're magical to me.

12540

11/24/2015 05:08 PM

Thanks Marrend and GRS! :DDDD

One question on GRS's. Shouldn't the look break if Variable 17 doesn't == Variable 11, since I don't want them to be the same, or am I misunderstanding?

karins_soulkeeper

will ████ for ███

3090

11/24/2015 05:13 PM

This one should work:

$game_variables[17] = $game_variables[11]
  $game_variables[11] = 1 + rand($game_switches[2] ? 17 : 12)
  while $game_variables[11] == $game_variables[17]
    $game_variables[11] = 1 + rand(17)
  end
end

in events (I think):

Control Var 17 = Var 11
Condition: FirstRoll is ON
  Control Var 11 = random 1...17
Else
  Control Var 11 = random 1...12
End
LoopPoint <- label
Condition: Var 11 == Var 17
  Control Var 11 = random 1...17
  Jump To: LoopPoint
End

Which is *almost* the same as what GRS just said...

GreatRedSpirit

ski-ba-bop-ba-dop-bop

6514

11/24/2015 05:18 PM

author=unity
Thanks Marrend and GRS! :DDDD

One question on GRS's. Shouldn't the look break if Variable 17 doesn't == Variable 11, since I don't want them to be the same, or am I misunderstanding?

Yeah, I was being dumb and fixed it. When they aren't equal then you want to escape your loop.

unity

You're magical to me.

12540

11/24/2015 05:20 PM

Still, that's way smarter than what I was thinking ^^;;

Thanks very much! :D

Thanks to you too, KS! ^_^

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