Prevent point based variables from going below 0. (solved)

[Smaymay]

Just like the title says. XD

I have this point system. Nothing fancy. Just something like this:

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label start:
    $ JohnPoints = 0

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menu:
    "I hate you.":
        $ JohnPoints -= 1
        $ renpy.fix_rollback()
        jump john_1
    "I love you.":
        $ JohnPoints += 1
        $ renpy.fix_rollback()
        jump john_2

But now it's possible to have -1 JohnPoints. I'd like to prevent this variable from going below 0.
I tried to achieve this with an If statement.

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    if JohnPoints < 0:
        $ JohnPoints = 0

It didn't work though.

Does anyone have any advice?
~ thanks ~

[trooper6]

The code you quoted was this:

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    if MinotonPoints < 0:
        $ JohnPoints == 0

I think you mean:

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    if JohnPoints < 0:
        $ JohnPoints = 0

[Smaymay]

@trooper6

Yes thanks for the heads up. I changed the name before posting it on this forum because Minoton is a rather strange name.
I'll edit my post.

[xavimat]

Your code with "if" should work, but you need to call it every time.

Instead of:
$ points -= 1
# some code to check

I suggest using the max() funtion every time you want to take points from the variable:
$ points = max(0, points-1)

If you need a maximum range you can use min()
$ points = min(100, points+1) # assuming the maximum is 100

[Smaymay]

@xavimat

It worked like a charm. Thank you!