How to make @editable vars that turn on/off based off of other variables being true/false

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As you may know the editor UEFN has many devices which can be inspected. Within these devices, some options are grayed out until you check a certain box to be true. Is there any way to do this in verse? Oh and bonus question: Is there a way to make a float/int value restricted between values in the editor? Example: variable “Health” which can only be set between 0.0 and 100.0

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Nope. Such things need to be manually added by the Dev’s. To see all of the “things” that can be changed in verse, take a browse through the three digest.verse files in VSCode’s Workspace panel. But yeah, we can make a case for something we want/need added to the API (just be aware that it may already be talked about, so search the forums first and post in the existing thread if already requested - make things easier for the staff :smiley: )

Is there a way to make a float/int value restricted between values in the editor? Example: variable “Health” which can only be set between 0.0 and 100.0

Could be wrong, but don’t think so. Would be a good feature to have though! I do believe they have mentioned plans to make @editable things much more user-friendly, and that is a good one.

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Hey there!
I think I can anwser your 2nd question, but I have to make sure that I understand that correctly:

So you want that the var “Health” can’t get for example over a value of 100 & that it doesn’t go below 0?

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Correct. But in the device settings within the UEFN editor itself. If you’ve seen other devices, they have ‘sliders’ which can go between two values. This is what I am trying to achieve.

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There is no way to conditionally gray out certain properties as of yet but we hope to add more editor improvements in the future.

It is, however, possible to restrict a value like you’re describing and using code like this will show a clamped slider in the UI.

constrained_health := type{_X:float where 0.0 <= _X, _X <= 100.0 }

hello_world_device := class(creative_device):

    @editable Health:constrained_health = 0.0
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Even though the latter is not possible yet, thank you for this solution!

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Defining the valid range is such a lifesaver! Thanks for the share!

Taking it a step further, is there any way to define hover tooltip text so we can provide those working in the editor more context on the usage of that particular field?

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Has this changed since then? Are there more ways to change how editables can be manipulated / shown in the editor? (ie: checkboxes, titles, tooltips, etc.)

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TimeBetweenAttacksTip<localizes>:message = 
    "The amount of time between each attack"
@editable_slider(int):
    ToolTip := TimeBetweenAttacksTip,
    MinValue := option{0},
    MaxValue := option{100}
var TimeBetweenAttacks : int = 50
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