Alterable Value & Counter question

Is alterable value and counter much as the same? Can someone explain me what alterable value is used for? Hope this is not a stupid question. I think alterable value is to store information, but i'm not exactly sure how to use it. I have never used it before.

Alterable values are associated with a particular object

You can use them like a counter or to store a value, or to perform comparisons

you can also 'pass' that value to the counter (or other objects)and view the contents of the alterable value

you should also try out the alterable strings and the flags



Dave

Counters can display as well as store values.

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Originally Posted by MMF2 help documentation

Lots of objects contain alterable values and alterable strings : internal counters and strings that you can change and make calculations with. The Values Properties allow you to set the initial value and name of the alterable values and strings.

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http://create-games.com/article.asp?id=1081 might be a helpful article on values (although it was written for MMF 1.x and TGF, not MMF2)

Thanks to both of you and thanks for the link Joshtek. It may be very helpful. :)