SolarStrike Software

hi
I have a request, and hoping it is a small one that should be a simple addition to the pawn.lua file. OR, maybe I am going about things the wrong way.

I was wondering if the number of counters/flags/fields could be increase a bit.

As I am adding functionality to my bot as I learn how to do it, I am finding it harder to get my bot to keep track of things it needs to do at certain point in the game/map. Mainly when its time to go to a town and sell stuff, buy stuff, check mail, send mail, repair, check dailies, check quests etc etc, there is a "todo" list when in town.

I have no real clue how to implement local/global variables, so all my functions I treat as little isolated events, and create and reset variables when in that function, so when going from waypoint file to waypoint file etc, i am loosing track of what the bot is up to and what it needs to do, unless I constantly run the checks for all the things it may need to do before heading out of town.

I have not used the free_flags/counters, as there is only 3 of each, and would not really be enough to implement what I am thinking of trying (todo list that needs to be ticked off before leaving town).

Could the counters be increased to 10-15? It looks to me to be very easy to add these extra line (copy paste). but I do not know if that would have any impact on memory/loading times etc.

Thanks

Really, just assigning them should work. 'player.free_counter123456789 = 2' will create the variable and assign it to 2. If you rely on that variable, though, you should make sure it is actually available. For example:

wow, fast reply, thanks Administrator.
That sounds too easy

(just to clarify for ) So that variable would be "global" (not that I really understand what the 'really' means), so in the bot session I could go from waypoint file to waypoint file, any number of functions, and that variable (as long as I have created it) will be there, and only effected by what I directly assign to it?
awesome, that means I have an endless todo list capability.

Thanks again

Well, the player object is global, so any variables inside it will also be available globally through the player object (unless it is a local variable inside a function, but don't worry about that). Short answer is, yes.