Setting a variable to a string

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So the last patch allows us to now set a variable to a string
Example: Set Var A - Custom String - Killroy (my user name for exampe)

And you were always able to set a variable to a player’s name
Example: Set Var B - Event player
and Var B would show up as Killroy (My user name)

Now for example, i CAN set Var A and Var B to a custom string, and then have a condition that IF Var A = Var B, execute action. And it works… BUT, it doesn’t seem to work if i compare a custom string to a player’s name… SO, any idea if this is possible? Am i doing something wrong?

Say for example, i wanted to set a condition for a specific player who joins my game (let’s say they are a regular who join often) and he/she get’s some special ability. Simply cuz their name satisfies the condition.

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When you set the username in variable you add not a name actually, u’re add a PLAYER. So you trying to compare the string and the player in slot. Of course system will say you that it isn’t same thing, cause it really is.

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Bummer…cuz in the Workshop Inspector, it shows up as the name of the player (as in the form of text of the player’s name) owell…

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What do you mean? (20 char req.)

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You need to convert Var B to a string as well by using Custom String("{0}", Event Player)

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Finally got around to testing this. I couldn’t get the Event Player to work inside a custom string as you have shown. BUT, per my example above, i Did get a condition to work for IF A = B.

Set Var A, Custom String; (Killroy) “must include parentheses around your name”

Set Var B, String, “(0)”, Event Player. Because the parentheses show up in the string in the Var B block, they must be included in the Custom String as well…

So now, whenever a specific person join my games, i can give him/her a special whatever simply cuz their name satisfies the condition.

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Maybe read the answers in the thread, because SpaceJester gave you this exact solution …

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…Maybe read what I replied back…Said CUSTOM string wouldn’t work… So no…wasn’t ‘exact’. Honestly, is there a point to commenting on a thread you weren’t even part of, just to be condescending?

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Sry I probably missunderstood your post.