Trying to get km/h values via MATH tag

[Fitz]

I'm trying to export km/h values with the following:

<!--MATH-->RUNNING_TOTAL * SPD_TOTAL * 0.3<!--/MATH-->/<!--MATH-->RUNNING__NONCOMBAT_TOTAL * SPD_TOTAL * 0.3<!--/MATH--> km/h

But regardless of the actual numbers involved, it always returns a result of "-1/-1 km/h"

What am I doing wrong?

[Simon]

You're using "RUNNING_TOTAL" instead of "<!--RUNNING_TOTAL-->" (etc.)

[Fitz]

If I include the comment surrounds, I get an export error citing "----*0.3" as the offending string. When I removed them it gave me no export error, but the behaviour mentioned above.

I also tried using RUNNING_PRIMARY_NUMBER etc. which still returned "-1/-1 km/h" when used inside the MATH tag, and a blank field when I tried it outside the tag.

[edit]

Aha! If I remove the reference to SPD_TOTAL I get a result (i.e, changing it to <!--RUNNING_TOTAL--> * 0.3), but of course not the one I need.

[Simon]

Do what I told you.

RUNNING_TOTAL is not an export tag and will result in a -1 when the MATH export process tries to parse it.

You use export tags inside of the math container, just like anywhere else.

[Simon]

Also note the nesting of the tags, as noted in the export tag matrix (sticky thread at the top of this forum). In particular, the "if blocks" that surround the tags you are trying to use.

[Fitz]

OK, in my cut-'n-paste frenzy I had moved the block outside the IF_RUNNING block.

Changing the string to

<!--MATH--><!--RUNNING_TOTAL--> * <!--SPD--><!--SPD_TOTAL--><!--/SPD--> * 0.3<!--/MATH-->/<!--MATH--><!--RUNNING_PRIMARY_NONCOMBAT_NUMBER--> * <!--SPD--><!--SPD_TOTAL--><!--/SPD--> * 0.3<!--/MATH--> km/h)

finally worked.

[Bloodstone]

bblackmore just posted a day or two ago that he has a template that does this sor to of thing:

http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=36831&page=2