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The “Clear Collection” event, on the other hand, will remove all values inside a Collection, like so:

If we do it again, it will remove the remaining 6 value but any further attempts will leave the Collection as is because there are no more 6 values left inside the Collection to remove:

If we use a “Remove from Collection” event and set to the “Value” to 6 it will remove the most recent entry with that value: If we add to it again (with the same value) we now have two sixes: There’s now a sixth entry with a value of 6. We can add to this Collection by using an “Add to Collection” event, like so: Collections and their initial set of values are defined through the Variables/Switches/Collections/Tables window.įor example: Here’s a Collection with five numbers (1-5). These can be used for storing a lot of information that would otherwise require a large amount of separate Global Variables such as storing previous player game moves, diary/log entries, or lap times for a racing game.

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You can also reference Switches in Use Value scripting by selecting the Switch from the “Switches” section of the Use Value dialog.Ĭollections are a way of holding a sequential series of text or numbers. If it’s ON, it’ll take the left path and if it’s OFF it will take the right path instead. The “Switch Branch” event is used to check the state of a Switch. You can also specify to “Toggle” the Switch instead, which will turn it ON if it’s currently OFF and vice versa. The “Switch Operation” event is used to change a Switch’s state from ON to OFF. If it is more desirable to have a local Switch, Local Variables can do the job just fine of representing an ON/OFF state by using the numbers 0 and 1. You may only define global Switches (which are accessible through any script). These can be used for simple binary situations that only need a yes/no answer to progress, such as if part of the story has been completed, a particular NPC has been interacted with or perhaps an enemy has been killed. Unless indicated through the Variables/Switches/Collections/Tables window, a Switch’s default value will be OFF at the start of the game, but can be turned ON and OFF by using the “Switch Operation” event. Switches on the other hand can only hold one of two values at any one time: ON or OFF. You can use these events to create branching paths within your scripts based on the values they’re holding.

The “Comparison Branch” and “Multi-Comparison Branch” events are used to compare an expression to a value(s). You can also reference these variables in Use Value scripting by selecting the variable from the “Global Variables” section of the Use Value dialog. You can then use these variables in any event that asks you to specify a variable as a parameter (eg: “Actor Loop”, “Field Loop”, etc.). The “Variable Operation” event is used to assign values to your Global Variables. If you would like to define a variable only used in a specific script (called a Local Variable), use the “Local Variables” button in the Script Editor, as discussed below. You can define variables that are accessible through any script (called Global Variables) in the Variables/Switches/Collections/Tables window. Or in the case of text, they can be used to store the name of a pet the player has named. In the case of numbers, they can be used to store the amount of enemies the player has killed, how many steps a player has taken, etc. Variables in general can hold any numeric/text values which can be used in your game.