Special variables

Globals

Some global variables are predefined and handled and/or updated by the game-engine itself.

Type	Name	Description
short	GameYear	The current year
short	GameMonth	The current month (0-11)
short*	GameDay	The current day of the month (0-31) depending on month
short*	GameHour	The current hour (0-23 hours)
short	TimeScale	Minutes that pass in-game within one minute of real-life
short	GameDaysPassed	Days that have passed since the beginning of the game

*While GameHour is listed as a short, it returns a float value. For instance,

float Test
...
set Test to GameHour
Message "Gamehour is %.2f", Test

will print out "Gamehour is 2.5" if it is 2:30 A.M.

GameMonth	Name	Description
0	Morningstar	Same # of days as January (31)
1	Sun's Dawn	Same # of days as February (28)
2	First Seed	Same # of days as March (31)
3	Rain's Hand	Same # of days as April (30)
4	Second Seed	Same # of days as May (31)
5	Mid-Year	Same # of days as June (30)
6	Sun's Height	Same # of days as July (31)
7	Last Seed	Same # of days as August (31)
8	Heartfire	Same # of days as September (30)
9	Frost Fall	Same # of days as October (31)
10	Sun's Dusk	Same # of days as November (30)
11	Evening Star	Same # of days as December (31)

Locals

There are also local variables with special functions:

Script-Type	Variable-Type	Name	Description
Quest	float	fQuestDelayTime	Determines how long (in real-time seconds) the game will wait between two runs of a quest script. The default value is 5 seconds. This value will also be used when fQuestDelayTime is defined but set to 0.
Object(Trap)	float	fTrapDamage	Amount of damage to do each time the trap affects an actor.
Object(Trap)	float	fTrapPushBack	Amount of push back force to apply each time a trap effects an actor. This should range from 0 to 1000.
Object(Trap)	float	fTrapMinVelocity	Minimum velocity a trap must be moving at relative to the actor to do damage (combination of actor and traps respective velocities). This value is in BSUnits (128 = 6ft).
Object(Trap)	float	bTrapContinuous	0 = Only deal damage on first contact with trap. 1 = Continously subtract damage as long as actor is in contact with trap.