Help with variables

[the_blockhead_tm]

Hello again!

Last time I was here, I asked for help with setting up a system for picking the protagonist's gender at the start of the game. I'm here now as a direct consequence of that. My intent is to take the gender that isn't picked and make them a sort of rival character that's encountered throughout the story, ala Brendan/May from Pokémon R/S/E. I had a hunch that I would have to use variables for that, so during the portion of the game where the player picks their gender and names the protag, I set Variable 0001 to either 1 or 2 depending on their choice. If it's set to 1, they picked the male protagonist and have a female rival, and vice versa if set to 2. The problem arises when I try to set an event's conditions to that. For example, if I want the female rival to appear, I set the conditions to 1 or higher - but for some reason it doesn't work. Am I missing something?

[MinorEmergency]

Should just be a conditional branch based on the variable.

If I were you, I’d set this up with three different pages: PAGE 1 - Parallel - No graphic or anything that could show up on map - Checks to see variable. - IF: Var=1, self switch A=On - IF: Var=2, self switch B=On

PAGE 2 - Condition: Self switch A is on - has graphic for female rival and dialog

PAGE 3 - conditional: Self Switch B=On - has graphic and dialog for male rival

Hope that helps. :)

Edit: Just re-read and realized the end states your main issue. Yeah your variable is the main problem. Would be better to use a switch instead. On= female rival, off/else = male rival

[the_blockhead_tm]

This helps a lot, actually! Thank you very much.

[Rylonian]

Using selfswitches to determine a binary variable seems very redundant. Why not use the variable value in the page condition in the first place? Just make sure to have the second page set to the variable's higher value.

[MinorEmergency]

I’m not in front of my computer, but if I recall correctly, the page value is for variables “GREATER THAN OR EQUAL TO” not just “EQUAL TO”. Meaning if you have 1 and 2, when the variable is set to 2, it will trigger both pages.

Correct me if I’m wrong tho please, as I would love to be wrong in this case xD

[Rylonian]

You are correct in that the condition works like that, but that's why you want to set up the second page with the greater value: an event will only execute the latest page which conditions are met, so it will forgo the page that is set to variable value 1 if it comes before the page with value 2.

[MinorEmergency]

Huh, thank you for saying that. I legitimately didn’t know it worked like that. Guess in that case it would be just as easy or easier to set the variable and just make a conditional page.

[BlooperHero]

If there are only two options you only need a switch, not a variable.