GlobalVariables.GetXValue Discussion

Rocco

I was working with AC earlier today and I came across a scenario where I wanted to grab a variable that I had stored in my Global Variables. So naturally I used the Global Variables class and the function GetStringValue to get the value of a string variable I had. However it asks me to supply the ID of the variable. 

While I'm not sure if this is part of some underlying system but would it not make more sense to pass in either the ID or the actual NAME of the variable? Is it possible that the ID's could ever change? I also feel from a coding stand point and readability it makes more sense to pass in the name of the variable you want to access the value of as opposed to an ID (which may seem like an arbitrary number).

Edit:

string sequence = AC.GlobalVariables.GetStringValue(18);

or 

string sequence = AC.GlobalVariables.GetStringValue(PostDialogueSequence);

ChrisIceBox

ID numbers will never change - that's the point.  They have no bearing
on the order in the Variables Manager they appear, just the order in
which they're made.  The label of a Variable can be easily modified, and
also can be shared across multiple variables, which is why this isn't
relied on.

It'd be simple to write a custom function that
searches all variables for a particular label - just crack up the
current GetStringValue and modify a duplicate - it could live in a
custom static script of your own, wouldn't need to replace any of AC's
scripts.