Arrays and Index

[peedalein]

Hello everybody!

For a part of my game I need to calculate a sort of interest for the player's borrowings.
Each time the player borrows money interest is calculated. For each frame he pays a little interest. As he keeps on borrowing, I need to calculate
the interest for his aggregated borrowing. The player always borrows the same amount and never pays it back (except by refinancing). Actually, this
is not too important.

I created an array that stores the information on which frame he borrowed. Each time the player collides with the money the frame is stored.

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InterestFrames[a] = fcount;
a = a + 1;

//fcount counts the frames, a is an index

Another text actor is supposed to display the latest frame (for testing)

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textNumber = InterestFrames[a];

The text actor does not display the value of the InterestFrames array.

If I put

textNumber = InterestFrames[1];

the text actor displays the value (true for any number of the array)

=> Why does "InterestFrames[1]" work while "InterestFrames[1]" does not?

Thanks for your help.

I attached a file.

[Game A Gogo]

is your variable a created inside a script in the money actor, an actor variable or a global variable? if you want to access it from another actor, you'll have to make it global or using Actorname.a if you want to keep it an actor variable. But you can't have it created inside a script.

[peedalein]

Thanks for the answer!

The index [a] is defined as a global variable, therefore I do not think that this is the problem.

[skydereign]

The problem is that this is your collision event.
Borrow -> Collide with Money -> Script Editor

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InterestFrames[a]=fcount;
a=a+1;

You set the interest for the current a, and then display the next a, which should be zero. If you put the a=a+1 before setting the InterestFrames, then it will change and display the same a. Just a tip, you should always try to keep only one script per event. You had two script editor actions tied to a destroy actor event. Instead of doing that, you can put the DestroyActor at the end of the other Destroy Actor script.

[peedalein]

Thanks, I changed my code to

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a=a+1;
InterestFrames[a]=fcount;


Now it works fine. Thanks for the help.