User Variables ​

User variables are the boxes you create: a state, a counter, a mode, a saved position. They always start with $ when used in a condition or action: $state, $count, $mode.

Types ​

Choose the type that matches what you will compare. Integers and floats can be compared with each other; a string cannot be compared with a number.

Naming ​

• Up to 30 characters: letters, numbers and _. Spaces become _.
• Names must be unique in the project.
• In fields, always write the prefix: $state, not state. Without $ the panel treats the text as a literal value.

What you can do with them today ​

• Compare them in conditions: $state == ON, $count >= 3.
• Change them with Change Variable: set, add, subtract, or copy another variable's value.
• Initialize them with a starting value that is restored when the project is built.

Not yet possible: inserting a variable's value into a message, a URL or a texture field. That integration is planned.

Memory ​

Each variable costs 30 units of project memory. A handful is nothing; hundreds add up. Create what you need, delete what you stop using.

Persistence ​

Variables live in the object's memory. Their values survive being attached, detached and rezzed. They reset to their initial value when you Build, so test sequences from a clean state by building again.