I’ve been messing around with arrays and structures, and decided to try and make some sort of dialogue system. However, I’m not too sure on how to go about it?
Basically I’ve some global variables:
Variable1
I have set this to increase when a button is pressed.
Array1
StringChild1
StringChild2
What I’m trying to figure out how/what to do is:
Check if Variable1=Index of a child in an array
Then change the text to the string of the child array that has the index=Variable1
I hope this explains well-enough what I’m trying to do!
Do you want to search the array for the value? A structure might be easier but might might not work with the other parts of your project. You can use check if the child exists and remove it by name.
To search an array you’d have to go through the array and compare each element. You could use for each child or an index variable with a repeat or a while event. The while event could be more efficient if you want only 1 match because you wouldn’t have to search the entire array but you need to be careful not to cause an endless loop.
There’s also an array tools extension. That can be used even if it’s only for inspiration. Although I think it’s mostly Javascript.
Using a structure means you can give each dialogue element a name, and don’t have to remember the position in the list as you would with an array. And the structure values can be another structure, with the name of various follow up dialogue lines.