add variable every minute [SOLVED]

[de_nederlander]

I wanted to make a script that would add a variable to another variable every minute.

for example I have variable "money" and I want to add variable "income" to it every 60 seconds, no matter on which label/screen the player currently is.

thanks for your help.

[kivik]

I think timer is the way to do it:

https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screens.html#timer

I think the code may look something like this:

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timer 60.0 repeat action SetVariable('money', money + income)

[de_nederlander]

I think timer is the way to do it:

https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screens.html#timer

I think the code may look something like this:

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timer 60.0 repeat action SetVariable('money', money + income)

does this work no matter what screen you're on?

[de_nederlander]

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timer 60.0 repeat action SetVariable('money', money + income)

i tried this but it says it expects a statement

[kivik]

I think timer is the way to do it:

https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screens.html#timer

I think the code may look something like this:

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timer 60.0 repeat action SetVariable('money', money + income)

does this work no matter what screen you're on?

I'm afraid you'll have to test it yourself. I suspect what you can do is just add an invisible screen that's always showing but doesn't conflict with anything.

[de_nederlander]

I'm afraid you'll have to test it yourself. I suspect what you can do is just add an invisible screen that's always showing but doesn't conflict with anything.

and how does an invisible screen work?

[kivik]

Basically have nothing but the timer in it. This is test code that worked for me:

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label start:
    $ test_var = 0
    show screen invi
    pause
    "[test_var]"

screen invi:
    timer 1.0 repeat True action SetVariable("test_var", test_var+10)

[de_nederlander]

Basically have nothing but the timer in it. This is test code that worked for me:

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label start:
    $ test_var = 0
    show screen invi
    pause
    "[test_var]"

screen invi:
    timer 1.0 repeat True action SetVariable("test_var", test_var+10)

I think I can make it work with that, thanks.