How to use "Set Persistent Variable text to text"?

[ajcross]

This appears to set a variable with a string.

Is there any way to use the string?

Can I use the string for 'text' in any of these?
Cut Scene, ECOM, Jump to Mission, Set Formal Objective, Set Next Mission, Set Mission Objective, Show Alert, or Start Countdown

If this is varA := varB, then
Could quantities be set between variables for these?
Side's Credits, Modify Persistent Variable, Start Countdown Timer, or Wait

[darrinm]

Yes, you can have pvar strings substituted into Ecoms, objectives, formal mission objectives, alerts, countdown timer, etc. Pretty much everywhere you can set text to be displayed.

Use like this:

set persistant variable 'whatever' to "my happy string"
set side1's mission objective to "substitute {whatever} here"

It does NOT work to set a pvar to another pvar, thus the following won't work:
set persistant variable 'whatever2' to "{whatever}"

Also you cannot pass pvars to actions/conditions that don't accept strings (e.g., credits, wait). That would be cool.

Note, a bug in WI versions <= 1.1 makes it so the 'set' variation of "Modify Persistant Variable" does nothing. E.g.,

modify persistant variable 'whatever': Set 10

is ignored! An equivalent workaround would be:

set persistant variable 'whatever' to "10"

[ajcross]

[quote="darrinm"]set persistant variable 'whatever' to "my happy string"
set side1's mission objective to "substitute {whatever} here"[/quote]

Cool! Now I can debug and use less Triggers to do my messages.

[quote="darrinm"]It does NOT work to set a pvar to another pvar, thus the following won't work:
set persistant variable 'whatever2' to "{whatever}""

Also you cannot pass pvars to actions/conditions that don't accept strings (e.g., credits, wait). That would be cool.[/quote]

Setting Persistent Variables to other variables or Setting other variables with Persistent Variables would be cool.

Is there any way to set persistent variables with program variables like Credits, # of Unit Types on Side X, Mission Time, Countdown Timer? I am trying to setup some triggers to modify the next mission with past mission success.

[quote="darrinm"]Note, a bug in WI versions <= 1.1 makes it so the 'set' variation of "Modify Persistant Variable" does nothing. E.g.,

modify persistant variable 'whatever': Set 10

is ignored! An equivalent workaround would be:

set persistant variable 'whatever' to "10"[/quote]

"Modify Persistant Variable" does something. I had to use it to reset some variables at mission load. I'll have to try this to see if it clears up one of my bugs.

Andy Cross

[crakerz]

pvars you create stay alive from one mission to the next. I have created pvars that pass values from one to the next, but I think the built-in ones are automatically reset.

[LawrenceA]

darrinm wrote:

It does NOT work to set a pvar to another pvar, thus the following won't work:
set persistant variable 'whatever2' to "{whatever}"

does anyone know if its possible to do the opposite of this and set the pvar name to that of a value of another pvar?
for example
set pvar 'hello' to "1"
set pvar {hello} to "a"
doing this could simplify a lot of things