Global Code Created Variables.

[DilloDude]

I have two questions about variables defined in Global Code:

1. Can I make them into actor variables by extending the actor struct? if so how, and
2. Can I add them to a save group, and how.

[makslane]

Can I make them into actor variables by extending the actor struct?

The only way to extend the actor struct is adding an 'Actor variable' in the 'Add New Variable' panel.

Can I add them to a save group, and how.

You can use save groups only with global variables defiend in the 'Add New Variable' panel.

[DilloDude]

That's what I thought.

[DilloDude]

What would be good would be to be able to create more variable types from the variables panel, and I am thinking of structs in particular. In an rpg type of game, I might have a struct called item, which contains information about a specific item. I could have a use item function that reads the struct and decides what the item does and does it. I might want an array of items called 'inventory', which would store all the items the player has collected. But I would want to be able to save this variable when I save the game. There are also other cases wherse structs could become useful, but you would need them to have the ability to be saved, and possibly be actor variables.

[DilloDude]

Another thing that would be useful, although not necesary as you can just use ints, would be to allow variables of bool type.