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Is there anybody try to use virtools to develop a 3D game?
Is this a good tool for the new fish to creat small 3D game at home?

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Recently I was asked how to use global variables inside global functions using VSL, one of 3DVIA Virtools built-in scripting languages.

In VSL you can share a variable across diferent "Run VSL" BuildingBlocks by using the keyword "shared". For example

Besides using VSL in BBs or actionscripts, you can also create "global" VSL scripts. These are automatically included. The things is that you can not use the shared keyword inside global scripts. So if you want to modify shared variables inside global functions, one workaround is to use parameter-objects.

Basically it's a struct containing variables you like to share. Either one struct for all or split your variables by context into different structs. This user defined structure makes passing them to functions much easier. Also less code changes are required when adding more data.

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