I am literally a noob for this, but I want to learn what to do when scripting in a map. I understand how functions work ( a bit) and understand vars and stuff, but can someone explain to me what the hell is all means. I really want to create my own stuff, but I need to know what code is for what, and how to make stuff happen. YouTube has nothing for it, all I ask is someone to explain what you can do in a GSC and what each individual var/function does. Not expecting someone to spend time writing it, but anything that will help a complete new comer to scripting will be nice. Love you

How to learn GSC/C++ in Scripting

Each function does whatever code is inside it:

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a_function()
{
   iprintln("Printing something");
}

Variables in GSC are either local(only exists within that function) or global(level, can be accessed from any function):

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a_function()
{
   str = "Something to print"; // a local string variable
   println(str); // prints the local str variable that holds a string
}

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a_function()
{
   iprintln(level.script); // prints the global variable's "script" property that is associated with the global variable
}

of course, if you want to pass a local variable from one function to another to do logic on, you can pass that function a "paramater" that is then turned into that function's "argument(s)":

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a_function()
{
   a = 1;
   b = 5;
   a_function_calc(a, b);
}
a_function_calc(num_one, num_two)
{
   iprintln((num_one + num_two));
}

(note how the variable names for a and b are not the same as num_one and num_two)

Objects on the other hand(as you may have noticed) are a bit of a exception. Objects are "referenced" meaning that any changes to that object in one function will affect any other references to that object.

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a_function()
{
   trig = spawn("trigger_radius", (0,0,0), 0, 36,36);
   trig thread a_function_obj();
   trig.a_num = 1;
   trig notify("exec");   
}
a_function_calc()
{
   self waittill("exec");
   iprintln(self.a_num);
}

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How to learn GSC/C++