[SOLVED] 2 Functions Interact With Each Other Question?

[Nero]

Got question with Function interacting with each other (im lacking little bit on python knowledge for this one)


I made a simple skill that decreases enemy attack damage by 20%. Main focus here is DEBUFFED_DAMAGE_HOLDER now when damage is reduced it will be stored in there.

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    def DAMAGE_DEBUFF_SKILL_PLAYER(self, enemy): # Basic debuff skill
        enemy.DMG_DEBUFF_DURATION = 2
        DEBUFFED_DAMAGE_HOLDER = 0
        DEBUFFED_DAMAGE_HOLDER += 20 * enemy.PLAYER_DAMAGE / 100 # Decrease enemy dmg by 20%
        enemy.PLAYER_DAMAGE -= DEBUFFED_DAMAGE_HOLDER # Remember the reduced damage  

Now that damage is stored in there how do I access it in another function "COOLDOWNS_CHECK(self):" to sum it up again? I know there is a way if I add it a Class but is there way around it?

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    def COOLDOWNS_CHECK(self): # Checks if player is debuffed and decreases the CD
        if self.DMG_DEBUFF_DURATION > 0:
            self.DMG_DEBUFF_DURATION -= 1
            if self.DMG_DEBUFF_DURATION < 1:
                self.PLAYER_DAMAGE += DEBUFFED_DAMAGE_HOLDER

[carrot]

In DAMAGE_DEBUFF_SKILL_PLAYER, just set:

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enemy.DEBUFFED_DAMAGE_HOLDER = 20 * enemy.PLAYER_DAMAGE / 100

instead of having it be a variable local to that method. And then when you're in COOLDOWNS_CHECK you can do:

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self.PLAYER_DAMAGE += self.DEBUFFED_DAMAGE_HOLDER

[Nero]

Was thinking is there a way to work around with local variable just curious. But sure it works this way so my problem is fixed thanks.

[carrot]

There's no way to do it with a local variable, by definition. If it's local to the method, it's discarded once the method returns.

There are a whole bunch of ways to pass data around between methods, but local variables don't persist outside of their scope, so unfortunately that's not something that would ever work.

[Nero]

it is good to know thanks for the information . In ren'py you can defined local variable and use it for the whole game so I though maybe that's the case with python code too.