Aging Characters wioth Variables Options

[Geekman]

Can I make a variable go up everytime another variable has a certain constant?
i.e. Variable 1 has 3 as the constant. Everytime Variable 2 has a certain number as it's constant, Variable 3 raises by 1.
This could be used to make a character age, with 1 being his birthday, 2 being the number of days that have gone by, and 3 being the character's age.
If you can find another way to make a character age, please comment.

[markchapman10]

Out of curiosity where would you display this variable?

[Geekman]

Out of curiosity where would you display this variable?

At various points throughout the game. There might be an NPC in your home town that says: Wow! You're already [Insert Variable here]!

[markchapman10]

Then why not have one variable for the age and when you hit certain points in the game change it? I didn't completely understand the first post. what are the other variables for?

[Geekman]

Then why not have one variable for the age and when you hit certain points in the game change it? I didn't completely understand the first post. what are the other variables for?

The characters aren't supposed to age by storyline, but by the number of days that pass. A day would pass everytime you sleep. The game goes by a 99 day-year (which may be raised). I want to figure out how to make them age based on how many times you use an inn, which would be Variable.

[markchapman10]

I would look into building an evented time system, if you think you can't do that then you should get a day/night/time script. after you have chosen one of those you can see further into this. I would have posted some examples but I'm not sure if you have stated what your using. If you have any problems with this I can help you via pm or skype.

[Geekman]

I would look into building an evented time system, if you think you can't do that then you should get a day/night/time script. after you have chosen one of those you can see further into this. I would have posted some examples but I'm not sure if you have stated what your using. If you have any problems with this I can help you via pm or skype.

It's XP.
Thanks.

[Shaddow]

This is actually totally possible! I do it all the time using variables for timers as such. I do not have XP so I cannot show you a screen shot or demo, but basically you just need to have a conditional branch check one of your variables constantly by putting it in a common event with parallel process running.

Next inside that same common event you will have a conditional branch that checks out the variable you are constantly raising as a timer. Once you hit whatever predetermined number you want, increase a second variable by 1, then have a second conditional branch that checks the second variable and when it reaches a certain number, increase a third variable by 1, continue this as much as possible to have minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, decades....pretty much anything you want. It is all rather simple.

If you need more detail, feel free to ask and I can see what else I can do for you.