the reason for that is both simple and infuriating :P
the Vars you made are on the c side of our lil virtual wall.
The panel cant see it, it can only see vars on the other side
like player.skill2
I use skills to get around this.
playermodel->skill[3] = 180; //Camera Distance
pDebug = pan_create("digits(140,20,\"Camera Distance: \",*,0,NULL); \
digits(230,20,4,*,1,player.skill4); \
etc..
etc..
etc..
see how the same variable is referenced differently on the other side?