this.

[iceman8832]

Hey all. I can script okay. But I was wondering for the longest time how you use strings and variables and most importantly how you script with this. Could you help thanks.

[btedji]

to set them:
this.variablename=value;
setstring stringname,value;

to recall them
just use this.variablename when doing calculations
use #v(this.variablename) when used in string operations

use #s(stringname) to recall the actual string content
use strtofloat(#s(stringname)) to recall the string as a number

tell me if you understand

[lordhelmut]

that.

[Shard_IceFire]

Ok this. vars are like mostly used as timers and stuff like that...well actually a lot of other ways also. ANYWAYS, this. vars only apply to that specific NPC.
For instance:
if you made one NPC do this:
say2 #v(this.message)
and another NPC do this:
say2 #v(this.message)
they would both display different things because as I said this. vars only work for that specific NPC. Other vars apply to all npcs so if you did one NPC saying this:
say2 #v(message)
and another saying:
say2 #v(message)
they would say the same thing. Argh it's hard to explain but I hope you understand

[btedji]

goto the links section on the g2k1 site and find the one for npc tutorials