Trouble with if and points

[Mevers]

So I've been having a play with points in renpy, and discovered how to multiply and divide points however, I can't seem to get a menu/label option to show if I want two or more sets of points to be of a specific value, for example:

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if loop_points == 4 + luck_points == 3:

The player would need 4 points in loop and 3 in luck. No more or no less.

Renpy finds no error with this but I can only get the option up If I remove one type of point or the other.

So I tried disregarding the exact amount I wanted in favour of more than or less than signs but I can't seem to get that to work either.

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if loop_points >= 2:

again renpy finds no issues with the script but in this instance the option shows regardless. In addition I have only tried the more or less than with only one variable.

Any pointers?

[Darim]

Try this one

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if loop_points == 4 and luck_points == 3:

You should also post how you increase the loop and luck points.

[Mevers]

I increase and decrease the luck and loop points in the same way with the following,

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$ luck_points += 1

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$ luck_points -= 1

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$ luck_points *= 1

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$ luck_points /= 1

Unfortunately, I can't tell if change the "+" to an "and" worked. The option doesn't seem to come up in one place but in another it does but if you decrease the variables it still works... So this works even though the points don't match up.

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label tmt:
    $ loop_points +=2
    $ luck_points +=1
    "You decided to visit the local shops"
    "You know the perfect spot for a new outfit"
    jump whichshop

label whichshop:
    if loop_points == 2 and luck_points == 2:
        "You find nothing"
        "you return home"
        jump whichshop2

label whichshop2:
    "You find nothing12"
    "you return home12"
    jump end

note this is an example I made up. To hep me understand the point options.

[Onishion]

Well, one tip is that if you hit "shift-d" while playing the game, it brings up a menu that includes a variable viewer. Check the variable in question and make sure that it ends up being what you think it should be. If you check "Variable >= 5" and you think it should be a 6 at that point, but it's actually a 3, then you're having problems with the increment, not with the checking, right? It can also be helpful when trying to test things like this to just have "loop points = [loop_points]" lines of dialog in between testing things, so that it prints out what the variables you're working with are. That way you don't even need the variable viewer, and you can just remove them once you have it working right.

As for your example, it's got some clear flaws. For one thing, what will happen there is that if the first bit is found true, if both variables = 2, then it will say words and jump to label 2. If it's false, it won't say those lines, but it will still jump to label 2, because you haven't put anything else for it to do if it finds false, it just falls through to the next thing, which is label 2. You should either add an "else" block, or just have another set of commands under there that would act as a de facto "else" block. But yeah, the "correct" response to the example as written should be that it runs through, finds the result "False" because loop_points == 2 but luck_points != 2 (it equals 1), therefore it should skip the following block and fall down to whichshop2, print the following dialog, and then jump to end.

[Mevers]

Thank you, "Shift-d" was a big help, and it helped me get the "and" option to work, still working on the more or less than options. Though, I really do need a better example, it was something I strung together fairly quickly instead of what I was actually working on, as I'm still trying to come to grips with the software.