Here's my method, which utilizes your array and makes it a little easier to reconfigure (if needed):
guild_vs5,57,47,4 script Wave Mobs#rand::wave_mobs 73,{ // Dialogue mes "Hello"; mes "You've caused monsters to be summoned!"; close2; // Summon all monsters in the '.monster_weak' array for (.@i = 0; .@i < getarraysize(.monster_weak); .@i++) monster .map$, 0, 0, .weak_name$, .monster_weak[.@i], .weak_amount, strnpcinfo(3) +"::OnWave"; end; OnWave: // Mob death event if (mobcount(.map$, strnpcinfo(3) +"::OnWave") <= .announce_start) announce "There are only "+ mobcount(.map$, "all") +" left! Good luck!", 0; end; OnInit: // Map name .map$ = "guild_vs5"; // Mob count before announcements start .announce_start = 95; // Weak monster name .weak_name$ = "--ja--"; // List of weak monster IDs setarray .monster_weak[0], 1301,1297,1403,1654,1268,1507,1830,1307,1302,1635, 1655,1636,1777,1837,1656,1219,1502,1637,1262,1700, 1320,1865,1657,1702,1829,1375,1204,1653,1416,1200, 1197; // Amount of weak monsters to summon .weak_amount = 100; end;}
You should consider reading a little more on looping through arrays in the documentation or on Wiki. The basic concept of using a
for loop with your array(s) is that you'll essentially run the same sequence of code through your array indexes until each index has been used.
for (.@i = 0; .@i < getarraysize(.monster_weak); .@i++)
This loop says, "Start
.@i off with the value 0. For each loop in which
.@i is less than the array size of the array
.monster_weak, run the script on the first line below (or within curlies { } below), then increase the current value of
.@i by 1."
Now, this might seem like a mouthful at first, but it really starts to make sense once you understand the relation between array indexes and the usage of an incrementation variable (
.@i, in this case) in your script.
The first value of an array is at the index 0; this means that an array set up like this:
setarray .array[0], 123, 231, 321;
...will have its first index value (
.array[0]) as 123, its second index value (
.array[1]) as 231, and its third index value (
.array[2]) as 321. When we go through the array with a loop, we start
.@i off at 0 so that we can use
.@i as a place holder for the array and start reading from the first index (
.array[0]) with
.array[.@i]. Here's an example of this usage:
for (.@i = 0; .@i < getarraysize(.array); .@i++) mes .array[.@i]; close;
This loop will display an NPC message dialogue with the value of the current index being referred to. The final product will look something like:
123
231
321
...followed by a close button. If you wanted to do more, enclose your looped script within curlies { }, like you would with an
if statement.
Regarding
getarraysize():
This script command returns a value with the size of an array - the amount of indexes an array has. Our array
.array has three indexes, therefore it has an array size of 3. Since there is no value for
.array[3], we can safely use the condition
.@i < getarraysize(.array) within the
for
loop's expression; this also allows us to increase the amount of values
our array has without having to modify the loop directly.
To reiterate what
@Emistry said, you can just use permanent NPC variables (
.variable_name) instead of global variables - that is, unless you intend to use your arrays in such a way that permanent NPC variables would not suffice.
