About no variables. No comparison of non-constant values.

**Grimblade** · July 17, 2009, 05:58 AM

I am sorry I just need to recheck this even short answer such as NO TO ALL will suffice.

I have read that M2TW scripting engine does not support variables. No comparison of non-constant values and etc...

This is basically true and unchanged right?

This means I couldn't declare a variable of type INTEGER , STRING, FLOAT or ARRAY and then assign them values I want after performing calculations and different type of mathematical operations or is was that meant for only more complex variables [though each variable of type string is already complex since it is made of characters and arrays are even more complex (nvm that strings are character arrays )but that is not what I meant

]
How many of those variables could I declare (not number of types but total of variables) and does anyone know at how many do you start to notice significant slowdown (but then again number could be ZERO

).
Could M2TW engine be made to change those declared variables while player is playing the game, store new needed values and then retrieve and perform mathematical operations I pre-programmed? (provided I could assign them of course

).

Basically what I would like to know is how complex can an operations be and what type of variables can I declare inside campaign_script.txt and descr_strat.txt ORr ANY file I could edit or make and M2TW engine can use. To be accesed during gameplay and then executed via script from inside campaign_script.txt and descr_strat.txt files (and few others but for now even those 2 would suffice).

**Augustus Lucifer** · July 17, 2009, 06:12 AM

The scripting engine doesn't support variables, at least not in a programming sense. You can't say:

monkey = 5 * cheese / 29
cheese = 10

if factionatwar
cheese = 20
elif factionatwar x 2
cheese = 40
else
cheese = 10

Nothing like that. Event counter and counters can provide some fleeting ability to store values, but variables and fetched parameters are unachievable.

**Grimblade** · July 17, 2009, 06:16 AM

Originally Posted by Augustus Lucifer

The scripting engine doesn't support variables, at least not in a programming sense. You can't say:

monkey = 5 * cheese / 29
cheese = 10

if factionatwar
cheese = 20
elif factionatwar x 2
cheese = 40
else
cheese = 10

Nothing like that. Event counter and counters can provide some fleeting ability to store values, but variables and fetched parameters are unachievable.

Thank you that is precisely what I asked. It seems very limited

unfortunately.
One can only hope Creative Assembly releases free source code for ROME (yea right

) so we can do some really INTERESTING stuff with it

.

**EarendilElenthol** · July 17, 2009, 06:12 AM

I haven't seen a variable in a .txt file declared as INTEGER , STRING, FLOAT or ARRAY. In .xml files most are. But the .xml files are pretty specific and I dont think you can add something new there and get it working.

**Grimblade** · July 17, 2009, 06:17 AM

Originally Posted by EarendilElenthol

I haven't seen a variable in a .txt file declared as INTEGER , STRING, FLOAT or ARRAY. In .xml files most are. But the .xml files are pretty specific and I dont think you can add something new there and get it working.

Thank you

.

**GrnEyedDvl** · July 17, 2009, 04:30 PM

You can only declare counters, which basically are integers.

You cannot multiply/divide them, but you can add/subtract and compare them.

**EarendilElenthol** · July 17, 2009, 06:45 PM

Am I right that most bonuses in the EDB are integers as well ? It seems I can use positive and negative values, but 3.9 it will read as 3

**Grimblade** · July 18, 2009, 07:07 AM

Originally Posted by GrnEyedDvl

You can only declare counters, which basically are integers.

You cannot multiply/divide them, but you can add/subtract and compare them.

I wonder what genius

thought it would be fun to deprives us of multiplication and division operations, I guess they taught extra work will do us good eh..

AT least with allowing ONLY integers they can say it saves RAM

but it also makes us more

.

**GrnEyedDvl** · July 18, 2009, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by EarendilElenthol

Am I right that most bonuses in the EDB are integers as well ? It seems I can use positive and negative values, but 3.9 it will read as 3

Correct, integers only.

Originally Posted by Grimblade

I wonder what genius

thought it would be fun to deprives us of multiplication and division operations, I guess they taught extra work will do us good eh..

AT least with allowing ONLY integers they can say it saves RAM

but it also makes us more

.

Somewhere around here is a really long rant by me about this and other issues. Believe me I feel your pain.

**alhoon** · July 19, 2009, 04:41 AM

Me too. I can't understand why they made their pseudo-programming language like this. I haven't studied computer science but I don't think it would be THAT hard to implement the "X = 3 * Y" comparing to the things we could do with this.