why is this adding values instead of multiplying?

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    public float GetFishPerSec()
    {
        float tick2 = 0;
        float tick1 = 0;
        float tick = 0;
        foreach(float item in tickValue)
        {
            tick += idleCount[0] * tickValue[0];
            tick1 += idleCount[1] * tickValue[1];
            tick2 += idleCount[2] * tickValue[2];
        }
        return tick + tick1 + tick2;   
    }

been trying to work this out for the last couple hours, and i am not understanding why this is taking the idlecount value and the tickvalue and adding them together instead of mulitplying it.

        tickValue [0] = 0.2f;
        tickValue [1] = 0.7f;
        tickValue [2] = 1.5f;
        tickValue [3] = 3;
        tickValue [4] = 5.5f;
        tickValue [5] = 7;
   
        idleCost [0] = 500;
        idleCost [1] = 1200;
        idleCost [2] = 5000;
        idleCost [3] = 150000;
        idleCost [4] = 500000;
        idleCost [5] = 1000000;
   
        idleCount [0] = 0;
        idleCount [1] = 0;
        idleCount [2] = 0;
        idleCount [3] = 0;
        idleCount [4] = 0;
        idleCount [5] = 0;

as an example when i get 1 count of the [0] part of the array it goes 1 + 0.2 instead of 1 times 0.2, can anyone tell me why this is not multiplying? Thank you.

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Firstly your all idleCount array is 0, so it is always multiplying by 0. Secondly when doing foreach you need to use item instead of tickValue. But in general I don’t really understand what are you trying to achieve here. :slight_smile:

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the 0s are all there as the starting point for each one. as soon as you purchase something it ups to 1 at the min, and then does the math. thanks the item instead of tickvalue is probably the issue. Thank you! thought you used the array name there

4

So it should be float item in item for my foreach?

5

the results I am getting currently is its adding the 1 count to the 0.2 tick value to get 1.2 instead of multiplying it to get 0.2 then 0.4 with a 2nd count and so on

6

LoL how about u tell us what do you want to achieve ? We cant help you if we dont understand what do you want. Like using your GPS, u need to know your destination coordinate, keep driving without a direction wont help.

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