The term scope refers to the context in which an identifier can be recognized, and when an element, such as a variable, is created and destroyed. Any element may have either game or scene scope, plus a variable may have script scope.

Game, Scene and Script Scopes

An element which is declared in a game script file is said to have a game scope. Such an element is accessible from anywhere in the game, including every scene and every script block.

An element declared in a scene script file is only accessible from within that scene, so it has a scene scope.

Variables that are declared in a script, whether they are static or not, can only be accessed within that script. Note that a start-block has its own scope separate from the script in which it is defined.

See Also...

• Guide: Script Language: Declarations: Variables
• Guide: Script Language: Declarations: Objects
• Guide: Script Language: Declarations: Scripts
• Guide: Script Language: Declarations: Events
• Guide: Script Language: Declarations: Resources
• Guide: Script Language: Declarations: Constants
• Guide: Script Language: Declarations: Strings