Sometimes, you want to clearly communicate the value of a variable to the player, but maybe you're doing it so often that using a speech command would clutter up the dialogue transcript (I'm looking at you, Val Unrich and The Mining Business). The Room Location text is okay, but can be a little inconvenient for the player to constantly be looking at. If only you could do it with an Image Overlay.
This script needs only two things. A number to display, stored in the "
number"
variable, and an image of all the digits of Arabic Numerals, starting with 0 and counting up to 9. This version works for a font where each digit is 14 by 17 pixels arranged horizontally.
Set var "figures" = 10
Label get figures
If ...
Wait until var "number" > figures
Set var "figures" * 10
Go to get figures
If End
Set var "imgX" = _MyX*22
Set var "imgY" = _MyY*22
Label write
Set var "digit" = ((number%figures)/(figures/10))*14
Image overlay XXXXX,SetX $imgX$ SetY $imgY$ DisplayRect $digit$ 0 14 17 displayturns 1
If ...
Wait until var "figures" > 10
Set var "figures" / 10
Set var "imgX" + 14
Go to write
If End
You could also modify the commands that set the imgX and imgY variables, if you want it to show up somewhere other than the character's tile.
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