VARIABLES HIGHER THAN 99,999,999?

I would think you can't make the variable go higher through the program. But you can use a second variable to track the number even higher.

Think Metroid



The number only goes to 99, so you add counters that signify that you've gone over.

When money variable reaches a certain point, you empty it and add 1 to the counter. If the variable can only hold 999mil and no more, you might want to set the cap slightly lower. Because if you are at 998mil and try to 10mil, it will max out at 999mil and you lose 8mil before you have a chance to reset the variable.

(Does the engine accept a value higher than 999mil, or is it just that you can't set it to higher than that? So if you set it to 999mil, and through a variable command add 1, will the variable become 1000mil, or will it stay at 999mil? I'm really not sure, so depending on that you would have two options for this system)

If you set the cap to, say, 900mil, then if you get 50mil, the variable will increase to 950mil, and the system would kick in because you've surpased 900mil. It would add 1 to the counter, and reduce your money by 900mil. Then you're left with 50mil + 1 counter equaling 900mil. The counter could go up to 999mil, so you'd have what I would hope to be an endless amount of money storage.

When you're money reaches 0, or possibly a higher number like 1mil, the counter will remove 1 and add 900mil to your current money. It might be easier to implement this as a bank, instead of something that is always running. The player can only hold 999mil, but can store an unlimited amount of money in the bank. And when you try to buy something from the store, it can take money directly from the bank. So an item in the bank can cost counters, instead of just a large number of money.

If this is for 2k3 you'll probably have to look into a plug-in of some sort. If in XP or up, a script request would probably be your best bet.

That or scale things down. Make the money harder to come by and scale the prices appropriately. You know where the top benchmark is set, so aim for that.

You could also work around it with items. Say you can go to a bank to make something like gold bars that are worth 50 million. That way you can check for any gold bars in the inventory and use them. Or poker chips worth 10 million, if you're using even numbers and want to make it easier to calculate. That way you can deduct the amount straight from the items, and if the player wants to have 500 million they could just get 99 poker chips+ 99 Gold bars + 99,999,999 Gold if you really want huge numbers. The player can then cash in for their 100,000,000 Gold prize, but also have extra money squirreled away in case they need to buy something afterwards, in the form of bars or what-not.

Just be sure to let them know that there's a limit to how much they can hold at any one time and that it might be a good idea to put their money in gold bars and such for mobile storage.