Variables: bonuses and penalties [solved]

[maklakara]

So, I'm trying to add a basic check that would work like this: each day the character would need to sleep. When you select the "sleep" action, there would be a call that would check your fitness level. If the fitness level is low, it would add a penalty on your "health" variable.

The "penalty" system should work like a "equipment" system. Meaning that if you have low fitness, you should have a -10 health penalty, if you have very low fitness, you should have a -20 health penalty, if you have normal fitness, you would have no health penalty, if you have good fitness, you would have a +10 health bonus, etc.

The thing is, it shouldn't repeatedly lower your health if you have low fitness on two consecutive days, it's an "one-time" penalty. If I make something like this:

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$ fitness = 5

Menu:
    "Sleep":
        call health_label

label health_label:
    if fitness <= 10:
        health -= 15
    return

Then on every night there would be a 15 health loss, which isn't the idea. This also wouldn't restore the "-15" health lost when you get a "normal" fitness level once again.

I couldn't think of any solution that wouldn't be an absolute clusterfuck of variables and conditions. Is there any practical way of doing this?


Cheers

[pwisaguacate]

Here goes an attempt:

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    $ health_max = 100
    $ health = 100
    $ fitness = 5

label health_label:
    $ health = health_max # health_max is not needed if full health is constant

    if fitness <= 10:
        $ health -= 15

    return

This assumes that health is to restore completely when no effects are applied.

[maklakara]

Very simple but clever & efficient. Solved my problem 100%!

Thank you