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Modding, Mission Design, and Coding => The FRED Workshop => Topic started by: Axem on August 29, 2004, 10:09:24 pm

Title: Fun with Variables...
Post by: Axem on August 29, 2004, 10:09:24 pm

'Elo, here's a diddly of a pickle for anyone. In a upcoming mini-campaign I'm working on, I want a portion of a mission to be random. Depending on some variable generated, I want a different ship to appear.

Eg:
If the variable is 1, send a Fenris
if 2, send an Orion
if 3, send a Deimos

However, Fred doesn't use if statements like that. Any ideas how to acheive something like this? :confused:

I give you a cooooookie... ;)

Title: Fun with Variables...
Post by: Singh on August 29, 2004, 10:23:07 pm

assign a random number to a variable. Then set the arrival cue of the fenris to come in if the variable is 1; the orion to come in if its two and the Diemos to come in if its 3.

Title: Fun with Variables...
Post by: Axem on August 29, 2004, 10:31:41 pm

But how? rand only effects an existing number. I thought about going...

event name
- true
- +
-- rand
--- 1
--- 3
-- variable(0)

However, Fred won't let me use the + operator by itself.

Title: Fun with Variables...
Post by: Spicious on August 30, 2004, 02:07:44 am

Try this:

when
-true
-modify-variable
--variable(0)
--rand
---1
---3

Title: Fun with Variables...
Post by: Axem on August 30, 2004, 06:44:48 am

Yes... of course... :nervous:

I blame Fred for hiding the modify variable sexp in the special group...