Curious: Superscript in the Expression Editor

[Raylax]

I just noticed that by pressing Ctrl+Shift+'+' in the expression editor, it goes to Superscript format (oddly enough, there does not appear to be a command for subscript. At least, it's not on the default control). Does this actually do anything, or is a little pointless feature of the Expression Editor? A sort of unintentional easter egg of sorts. I tried testing it - I entered "2 to the power of 2" in superscript format (ie, not '2 POW 2', can't do Superscript on a forum post), but that just gave me 22, not 4. Is there any reason for this, or is it just the formatting of the expression editor?

Regards
~Raylax

[Looki]

It's a feature of the RichEdit control, but it's not used in MMF.

[Raylax]

Fair enough. It'd be cool if it was implemented in a future build in some way as a visually simpler way of handling powers.

Hey, maybe subscripts could be used to control a specific instance of an object when it's not marked by the action. For example:

Always
- Set Counter to Alterable Value A("Enemy")<subscript: 3>

Would set the counter to Alterable Value A of the 3rd instance of enemy, rather than having to Spread Value and whatnot first. Maybe it could actually override any marked object in the Actions, too. So if the Action marks the first instance, this would still affect only the 3rd.
How about a range of enemies in the subscript, too? If you entered, say: "3-6, 8, 12" in the subscript, it'd effect instances 3 to 6, and 8, and 12. But '-' means minus. Hmm. Maybe underscore to represent "to" instead?

What do you think?


EDIT: Whilst I'm on the subject, here's another idea for 'cleaning up' the expression editor - when changing a value related to an object (ie, it's variables/position/etc), it'd be cool if it wasn't necessary to enter the name of the object being controlled when typing the expression. For example, atm you'd type:

Set ist of Player to Abs(X("Player") - X("Enemy"))
Set YDist of Player to Abs(Y("Player") - Y("Enemy"))

With this, you'd just type:

Set ist of Player to Abs(X - X("Enemy"))
Set YDist of Player to Abs(Y - Y("Enemy"))

Or perhaps, if MMF2 requires some reference, just put empty brackets: X() - X("Enemy")
Then MMF2 would know you're refering to the object being controlled.

Just an idea :P

[Looki]

That would require a lot of internal changes..
Currently, no format (bold,superscript,...) is stored, only the text.

[Raylax]

Maybe an MMF3 thing instead, then

Did you read the edits, btw? None make your point any less valid, I just editted that post a few times with ideas and was aware that they might be missed :P

[Dynasoft]

Normally ctrl+minus or ctrl+shift+minus is sub-script. I'm not at my MMF pc right now, so I can't test it.