Defining Error with Relationship Points (Pending)

[ladilol]

I have been trying to figure this out by looking over similar questions on here, but have yet to solve my problem. When I try to apply relationship points to one of the characters, it keeps saying"

NameError: name 'parihan_points' is not defined

I'm unsure if this is a problem in where I put the 'definition' or not, but I've tried placing the definition:

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$ parihan_points = 0

under the init python label, right under the start label, and under the first menu choice. No matter where I put it, it keeps saying that it's undefined. I would be very thankful if someone could help me soon.

If you would like me to post text, please tell me exactly what parts you need, because I do have a lot of text typed up already.

[jghibiki]

Read this specifically the part under "Implementing a Point-Based Game"

[ladilol]

Thank you for the link but that's exactly what I've been doing, yet it's not working.

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# The game starts here.
label start:
    $ parihan_points = 0

Then there's text and character introductions in between

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    label laugh:
        $ parihan_points += 5
        $ freak_out = True

[jghibiki]

Try initializing the variables outside of a label

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$myVar = 0
    label changeVar:
    $myVar += 1

    return

Otherwise you can try using and init block: read it HERE I don't think this would work very well though.

[ladilol]

It unfortunately didn't work and the init method is a little too complicated for me at my beginning level. Is there any other advice you could offer me?

[jghibiki]

Hm... Try posing your entire code, minus all of the text lines except for one or two to show that there is a block of it(text) there

[ladilol]

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# The game starts here.
label start:
    $ parihan_points = 0
    scene black

    "{i}{size=-5}{cps=20}When I was younger, my mother always told me…{/cps}{/size}{/i}"

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    menu:
        "Calm down already!":
            jump dissapoint

        "Keep freaking out":
            jump laugh

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    label laugh:
        $ parihan_points += 5
        $ freak_out = True
        
        "{size=-5}{cps=20}I tried desperately to calm down but- I. Just. Couldn't. {i}Stop{/i}.{/cps}{/size}"

        k "{size=-5}{cps=20}\"ADFGAhjtnpha'dgmhblfd;ajtophajfdlbdlvbfgasdffffff-\"{/cps}{/size}"

Is that enough? <:

[jghibiki]

I have to admit I'm stumped... maybe try

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label laugh:
    $ parihan_points = 0
    $ parihan_points += 5

That's pretty much a shot in the dark but the only thing that I can think of is that maybe the variables aren't being recognized globally.
If the above doesn't work then I'm not sure what else to tell you :/

[ladilol]

That seems to have worked! Thank you so much!

[jghibiki]

Hmm well unfortunately that is probably only a temporary fix. I think what might be happening is that you aren't able to access variables that were defined in a different label. So you might have trouble with that still. :/

[ladilol]

Ah you're right. It keeps saying that it's not defined.... This is really distressing... Do you think that I'll have to redo everything in order to get the result I want?

[Anima]

Labels don't have their own scope, any variable you define in a label will be global.
Never define a variable in an init block, since it will lead to problems with the save state. There are a few exceptions, but it's a useful rule of thumb.
Do you have the same problem with other variables?

[ladilol]

Yes actually, when I try to do

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if

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