<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Jennifer,<div class="">In Alice 2, I am using the Flight Simulator example world in for the screen shots. In this world, there is a variable "RingsAcquired” that I want to make sure that the variable value is increasing every time I fly through a ring.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">if you position the runtime window so that you can see the properties panel (see attached screen shot properties) as the program runs, you will be able to see the values of the properties / variable change dynamically.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Also, If I create a variable anywhere in Alice, (not just for the world, but for an object a method or function) I can right-click on that variable and the drop down menu gives me an option to “watch" that variable. (see screen shot “watch”) When you run your world, the runtime window will open a panel with your watched variables (see screen shot “watch panel”).</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Let me know if you have an other questions.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">All the best,</div><div class="">Don Slater</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">“"<img height="543" width="483" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="365DAD72-4E58-416A-9229-F62E01B298F9" src="cid:01485FC8-516A-4999-BA5D-DB746FFE3304@fios-router.home" class=""><img height="285" width="308" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="969D8C3D-45EF-4837-8D6D-3CF4A09522F4" src="cid:4E577F17-FD23-47A0-A923-258BDB6AECF7@fios-router.home" class=""><img height="418" width="692" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" apple-inline="yes" id="76FDEFD6-0AE5-49EF-A227-D6527689BB60" src="cid:D68A7E34-6318-4D57-85F6-23E8F2568D26@fios-router.home" class=""> </div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On Jan 6, 2015, at 12:04 PM, McLean, Jennifer <<a href="mailto:jmclean@klschools.org" class="">jmclean@klschools.org</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div id="divtagdefaultwrapper" style="font-style: normal; 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