What am I doing wrong here? I'm trying to display a player's HP and SP on the screen using digits():

Code:

---

var HP = 0;
var SP = 1;

var playerstats[2];
var playerstats_level_01[2] = 40, 20;

playerstats[HP] = playerstats_level_01[HP];
playerstats[SP] = playerstats_level_01[SP];


panel player_stats_window
{
	layer = 1;
	bmap = stats_bg;
	pos_x = 15;
	pos_y = 500;
	digits = 150,55,1,standard_font,1,playerstats[1];
	flags = refresh,d3d;
	
}



string player_stats_string = "HP   \n\nSP   \n";

text player_stats_text
{
	layer = 2;
	pos_x = 75;
	pos_y = 550;
	font = standard_font;
	strings = 1;
	string = player_stats_string;
 }

	player_stats_window.visible = on;
	player_stats_text.visible = on;	

---

When I try to run the program I get an error that says there's "Too many parameters" for the line that has: digits = 120,48,1,standard_font,1,playerstats[1]; The arrow is pointing to the [1] in playerstats. I'm not sure why...

Hmm... I don't see anything about digits in the code you posted. Maybe you left that part of the code out? Where are you defining the digits, anyway? Inside the player_stats_window definition? Because they're not there... ?

player_stats_window is just the background image in which the text is written on

Well, then, where are your digits definitions? The digits definitions should be inside the panel definition that they are attached to. Are you defining the digits inside a panel at all?

Yes I did... sorry I edited the post above, it got deleted out for some reason. The digits() is in the player_stats_window panel

Hmm. My only thought would be to reorganize the digits definition into proper syntax, i.e. digits(120,48,1,standard_font,1,playerstats[1]);. Let me know if that works, if not tell me and I'll switch my brain to high powered debugging mode and take another look.

also, you don't have to display a separate text as well as the panel. Look in the manual for info on how to display text inside a digits element.

using parentheses in the digits() didn't work. I still get the same error. If I take the [1] off of playerstats, then the program works fine. But why can't I use the brackets? It keeps saying too many parameters. But I want it to get data from the playerstats[] array. Is there another way I will need to do this rather than use digits() ?

According to the manual, under "Digits":

"Only var variables can be displayed (no int, float, or other types of variables). The var can be part of a struct or of an array, but not of a multidimensional array. "

So, your code should work. And it doesn't. You may have discovered a bug? Try the Ask Conitec or Bug Hunt forum, I guess.

There is no bug.

Try this:

digits(150,55,"PlayerStats: %.3f",*,1,playerstats[1]);

It's still saying 'too many parameters' and pointing to the '1' in [1]