What is the best way to make an item cost more then the last time you purchased it?

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#1

Hello! My name is Ethan and I have recently started to learn how to script, this is my problem:

So i’m doing this simulator type game test(mainly to test my scripting capability), and there are multipliers that multiply the points you get by the number of the multipliers number. I am trying to make the multiplier cost more than the last time you purchased it, with the cost increasing in reasonable increments.

So i realized that it would be too easy if the cost of the multiplier is constantly 10 cash, so i did this:

local price = 10

game.ReplicatedStorage.Multiplus.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player) -- This remote event is for a gui.
	if player.leaderstats.Cash.Value >= price then
		player.leaderstats.Cash.Value = player.leaderstats.Cash.Value - price
		player.leaderstats.Multiplier.Value = player.leaderstats.Multiplier.Value + 1
		price = price * player.leaderstats.Multiplier.Value
	else
		print("You're poor lol")
		game.ReplicatedStorage.NeedMoreMoney:FireClient(player)-- this makes a gui pop up telling you that you need more money
	end
end)

As you can see I tried multiplying the price by the multipliers value but that means that the cost will start of as 10 and then it will continue to multiply that same number so:
10x2 = 20
20x3 = 60
60x4 = 240
240x5 = 1200 and so on until it becomes unreasonably high.

Then i changed it so that the price is 10x the multipliers value, but that became too easy, it was just going to be: 10; 20; 30; 40; 60; 70 and so on.

Would there be a way for me to make the price a specific number according the multiplier they have without using a bunch of if-statements?

Thank you for reading any help will be much appreciated.

#2

I can’t quite understand what you need help with in your question. What do you need help or feedback on?

#3

Sorry, my bad I edited it.

Its late at night for me and i’m tired

#4

So basically you want to try and multiply the cost of the previous amount instead of a preset number? What exactly are you stuck on?

#5

I’m stuck with the increments either being too small or too big.

#6

So basically you want to find a reasonable amount to increase the next number by?

#7

Would there be a way for me to make the price a specific number according the multiplier they have without using a bunch of if-statements?

#8

Yes, I would want that. (30char)

#9

You can use something like:

layer.leaderstats.Multiplier.Value = player.leaderstats.Multiplier.Value * 2

This will multiple the previous multiplier by itself without having to set a pre defined increment. You can change 2 to adjust how much you want to multiply it by.

#10

I want to change the price of the multiplier not the multiplier itself.

#11

Well I don’t know what is reasonable for your games progression and how easy it is to earn cash so I can’t explain the best way for a reasonable multiplier to add for the next price cost.

#12

I understand thanks for all the help anyways!

#14

If this question is more about arranging code, you could do the following:

--create a hardcoded dictionary with the multiplier value and the price
local multiplierPriceDictionary = {
    [1] = 200
    [2] = 500 
    [3] = 1000
}

game.ReplicatedStorage.Multiplus.OnServerEvent:Connect(function(player) -- This remote event is for a gui.

    local multiplierValue = player.leaderstats.Multiplier.Value
    if multiplierPriceDictionary[multiplierValue] then --first we check wether the multipliervalue exists in the dictionary
        
        --if the multiplierValue == 2, the price would be 500
        local price = multiplierPriceDictionary[multiplierValue]
   
	    if player.leaderstats.Cash.Value >= price then
	        player.leaderstats.Cash.Value = player.leaderstats.Cash.Value - price
		    player.leaderstats.Multiplier.Value = player.leaderstats.Multiplier.Value + 1
	    else
		    print("You're poor lol")
		    game.ReplicatedStorage.NeedMoreMoney:FireClient(player)-- this makes a gui pop up telling you that you need more money
        end
	end
end)