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In articy:draft, how are global variables organised and addressed, and how do they show up in an engine importer?

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articy:draft global variables live in variable sets (namespace-like), each variable typed Boolean, Integer or String with a default, named without spaces or special characters, and addressed as Set.Variable; renaming without update can break scripts. The Unreal importer reads them as namespaces and supports independent variable sets per flow player via Override GV.

articy:draft global variables live in variable sets (namespace-like), each variable typed Boolean, Integer or String with a default, named without spaces or special characters, and addressed as Set.Variable; renaming without update can break scripts. The Unreal importer reads them as namespaces and supports independent variable sets per flow player via Override GV. Curator qualifications: Code and help read 2026-10-22; importer not built or run; no export file parsed. Limitations: Code and help read 2026-10-22; importer not built or run; no export file parsed. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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      "url": "https://github.com/ArticySoftware/Articy3ImporterForUnreal/blob/746ea1a1c95c92ffacb65ca9907931670bc3a797/Source/ArticyEditor/Private/ArticyImportData.cpp",
      "note": "articy help: Scripting_GlobalVariables; importer README L344-362"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://github.com/ArticySoftware/Articy3ImporterForUnreal/blob/746ea1a1c95c92ffacb65ca9907931670bc3a797/README.md",
      "note": "articy help: Scripting_GlobalVariables; importer README L344-362"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.articy.com/help/adx/Scripting_GlobalVariables.html",
      "note": "articy help: Scripting_GlobalVariables; importer README L344-362"
    }
  ]
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  • [sourced_fact] articy:draft global variables live in variable sets (namespace-like), each variable typed Boolean, Integer or String with a default, named without spaces or special characters, and addressed as Set.Variable; renaming without update can break scripts. The Unreal importer reads them as namespaces and supports independent variable sets per flow player via Override GV. · locator: articy help: Scripting_GlobalVariables; importer README L344-362 source

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