Here's my problem (with simplified code):



weather=0

def w_Rain():
if weather==1:
w_Rain_kill()
weather=1
HookRetrace(w_Rain_hook)



What I'm trying to do should be fairly obvious... it starts raining when the function is called the first time, it stops when it's called again. The problem is, the IF statement is checking 'weather' as a local variable and not a global... so the function doesn't compile (the variable is tested before it is created). How can I get it so that 'weather' works globally?

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Here's my version:

weather=0

def w_Rain():
   global weather
   if weather==1:
      UnhookRetrace(w_Rain_hook)
      weather=0
   else:
      HookRetrace(w_Rain_hook)
      weather=1

The global directive (I'm not sure exactly what it *really* is, so I'll call it a directive) explicitly tells the interpreter to treat that label as a global. That should solve your problems. :)

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