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Very nice! Thanks a lot for the quick reply!

Hi! I apologize in advance if another thread addresses this issue. I was unable to find one, and don't have all day! I am curious about using variables within dialogue messages. Specifically, I want to know whether a variable I set can influence what shows up in a given message, and how I would go about implementing this.

For example:
Say I set a variable to a random number between 1 and 2. If the variable sets to 1, a character's name becomes Bob. If it sets to 2, his name becomes Fred.

What I would want, then, is for the character to say either, "Hi, my name is Bob.," or "Hi, my name is Fred."

Now, I realize that I could create these as two seperate messages and use the value of the variable as a condition for one or the other to appear. However, if I end up using a larger range than two or three names, this becomes extremely cumbersome.

What I want to know is whether I can set up a script within a single message that changes a single word in that message depending upon what the variable is set to.

For clarity, another example would be setting a random number between 1-100, and having a character say, "My lucky number is ___," without having to create 100 seperate messages which operate conditionally depending upon the value of the variable. You see what I'm getting at?

I am not very proficient at scripting, and have been trying to figure this out for a couple of days, so any help would be greatly apprectiated!