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[Dyara]

I wonder if anyone has ever found a use for user defined tokens. Well, at least there´s one use. (In BG2:ToB?) you can use tokens to print the value of a variable:

IF
    True()
THEN
    RESPONSE #100
        SetTokenGlobal("DEBUGTEST","LOCALS","DEBUGTEST")
        DisplayString(Myself,"DEBUGTEST: <DEBUGTEST>")
        Continue()
END

IF
    True()
THEN
    RESPONSE #100
        IncrementGlobal("DEBUGTEST","LOCALS",1)
END

This script will display

DEBUGTEST: 0
DEBUGTEST: 1
DEBUGTEST: 2
...

in the message window. So instead of using a lot of CLUAConsole:GetGlobal(...) you can write a script that displays all your GLOBALs.

335 SetTokenGlobal(S:GLOBAL*,S:Area*,S:Token*)

also allows you to use the value of a variable in dialogue string.

edit: Looking at SimDing0´s scripting guide I´ve seen that it´s allready mentioned there. So it´s nothing really new but maybe there are a few who didn´t know.

[Dyara]

Of course (why not?)

I came across SetTokenGlobal when I ran a search for 'Token' in the ACTION.IDS. I thought it would be possible to save the name of a NPC in a token and use it later but unfortunately it seems not to work.

[Dyara]

I thought about SetTokenObject(S:Token,O:Object) or a new action I haven´t found before (but SetTokenGlobal was the only new one ).