Special variables
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[edit] Globals
Some global variables are predefined and handled and/or updated by the game-engine itself.
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| short | GameYear | The current year |
| short | GameMonth | The current month (0-11) |
| short | GameDay | The current day of the month (0-31) depending on month |
| short* | GameHour | The current hour (0-23 hours) |
| short | TimeScale | Minutes that pass in-game within one minute of real-life |
| short | GameDaysPassed | Days that have passed since the beginning of the game |
*While GameHour is listed as a short, it returns a float value. For instance,
float Test ... set Test to GameHour Message "Gamehour is %.2f", Test
will print out "Gamehour is 2.5" if it is 2:30 A.M.
| GameMonth | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Morningstar | Same # of days as January (31) |
| 1 | Sun's Dawn | Same # of days as February (28) |
| 2 | First Seed | Same # of days as March (31) |
| 3 | Rain's Hand | Same # of days as April (30) |
| 4 | Second Seed | Same # of days as May (31) |
| 5 | Mid-Year | Same # of days as June (30) |
| 6 | Sun's Height | Same # of days as July (31) |
| 7 | Last Seed | Same # of days as August (31) |
| 8 | Heartfire | Same # of days as September (30) |
| 9 | Frost Fall | Same # of days as October (31) |
| 10 | Sun's Dusk | Same # of days as November (30) |
| 11 | Evening Star | Same # of days as December (31) |
[edit] Locals
There are also local variables with special functions:
| Script-Type | Variable-Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quest | float | fQuestDelayTime | Determines how long (in real-time seconds) the game will wait between two runs of a quest script. The default value is 5 seconds. This value will also be used when fQuestDelayTime is defined but set to 0. |
| Object(Trap) | float | fTrapDamage | Amount of damage to do each time the trap affects an actor. |
| Object(Trap) | float | fTrapPushBack | Amount of push back force to apply each time a trap effects an actor. This should range from 0 to 1000. |
| Object(Trap) | float | fTrapMinVelocity | Minimum velocity a trap must be moving at relative to the actor to do damage (combination of actor and traps respective velocities). This value is in BSUnits (128 = 6ft). |
| Object(Trap) | float | bTrapContinuous | 0 = Only deal damage on first contact with trap.
1 = Continously subtract damage as long as actor is in contact with trap. |
