Variables script call help!

[MrKiwi]

Hey there! I'm not very good with script calls, I barely understand them...

I feel like what I'm trying to pull out is kinda easy, but its not working for me. Basically I want to use a script for a conditional branch where I want it to run if the player Y position is 1 tile above an event Y position.

I'm trying this script: if $gameVariables.value(3) = $gameVariables.value(5) - 1

But... nothing actually happens when I test it, as I said, I don't know much about this, anyone knows what's my mistake? (Probably everything) I'll be grateful if you lend me a hand

 

[xDRAGOONx]

What exactly are you trying to achieve?
-EDIT, I did not read the part about player position and event position...
Here's an example of an if statement using a variable expression:

if ($gameVariables.value(111) < 11) {
$gameVariables.setValue(101, $gameVariables.value(101) + 100)
}

So if game variable 111 is less than 11, add 100 to the value of game variable 101.

the expression after 'if' needs to be contained in parenthesis '( )'

Also, try '==' as opposed to just '=';
'==' is a logic operator meaning 'equal'
while
'=' is an assignment operator that assigns the value of the right operand to the left operand.

Try:
if ($gameVariables.value(3) == $gameVariables.value(5) - 1)

 

[Eliaquim]

You can try use this:

if($gamePlayer.y === ($gameMap.event(ID).y - 1)){
do your code.
};

 

[Kuro DCupu]

Script for conditional branch?
Then you should have use double equal.
= Single equal mean you are assigning a value to that variable.
== Double equal mean you are doing a comparison, expecting a true / false outcome.
=== Triple equal is the same as double equal, but much stricter.



Is this what you are trying to achieve?

 

[MrKiwi]

Thanks y'all for the help, specially the differences between the equals signs ^-^

It works now, so, problem solved!