Whats better?

Impervion

[img]http://i.imgur.com/IfzAjBD.jpg[/img]

-OR-

[img]http://i.imgur.com/tcmTC8r.jpg[/img]

In the first picture i was new to GameSalad and just played around with my small programming knowledge and got to work. Eventually I learned about tables and started messing around with them(sort of have the idea).

Basically in picture 1 I have a global variables for almost everything and its getting confusing - BUT so far its working as visioned to an extent.

Picture 1 has me constraining Char1Dmg to tableCellValue(warrior/mage/archer etc Table,Char1Level,1)
So depending on what class you are and what level the values change accordingly and it works.

After trying a new project I jumped right into Tables which is Picture 2 and it feels much cleaner.

I managed to make the images change accordingly and texts etc. However I ran into a problem for the damage.

*Since I couldn't find a way to constrain my Chart Damage value.

Unless you can't constrain directly to a table, Or I don't know how yet, However I did manage to do a work around being:

During level up click set Character Table value to Character Table value+1, which works great and auto updates for my "Level" text. Then I would have to check What Class is Char1, if Warrior, change Table value damage to table warrior damage+character table level spot. But I would have to do this for every class and it would get very repetitive, and I do plan on having probably 4 base classes with 2 upgrades classes(that's A LOT of If checks).

-----Summary-----

What method is the "proper" way(Pic 1 or 2), and if Picture 2 is more correct - how would I go about auto updating the damage value like Picture1.

tatiang

What method is the "proper" way(Pic 1 or 2), and if Picture 2 is more correct - how would I go about auto updating the damage value like Picture1.

It's not really possible to answer that for you. The pictures don't really mean much and you've described that you've transitioned from a bunch of game attributes (often unwieldy) to tables, which makes sense.

Unless you can't constrain directly to a table

Yes, you can constrain an attribute to a tableCellValue. How did you try to do this?

Impervion

By using the Constrain Function - the Left side doesn't show Functions - tableCellValue.

[img]http://i.imgur.com/Pi4En59.png[/img]

Project 2 is with Change Table Value, and would like to not do a check every time for the class and then change it(unless I have too), where Project 1 auto updates the damage according to characters level and class.

Hope this clarifies.

tatiang

I thought you were trying to constrain an attribute to a tableCellValue. In the PC version of GameSalad, you're a bit limited with rule conditions. The Mac version allows for tableCellValues on either side.

Impervion

Dang, I guess I could make the damage the same way outside of the table... like Project 1. Or just continue with project 1. Thank you for your time!