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If you did this with any other variable then 5 would be added to the variable every time you pick that object up, but, because %Score% is a special variable that can only be updated once by a given task, %Score% will only have 5 added to it the first time you pick up the object.
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If you did this with any other variable then 12 would be added to the variable every time you pick that object up, but, because %Score% is a special variable that can only be updated once by a given task, %Score% will only have 12 added to it the first time you pick up the object.
    
If your task contains a message like "You have received 12 points for obtaining the magic bean" then you won't want to display that message the next time they pick up the bean. To do that you can either ensure that the "Task is repeatable" tick-box is NOT ticked, or you can use an [[Alternate_Descriptions|alternate description]] that has been set to only display once.
 
If your task contains a message like "You have received 12 points for obtaining the magic bean" then you won't want to display that message the next time they pick up the bean. To do that you can either ensure that the "Task is repeatable" tick-box is NOT ticked, or you can use an [[Alternate_Descriptions|alternate description]] that has been set to only display once.