if variablesupdate then
		if love.filesystem.exists("mappacks/" .. mappack .. "/customvariables.txt") then
			local v = love.filesystem.read("mappacks/" .. mappack .. "/customvariables.txt")
			local v1 = v:split("\n")
			for i = 1, #v1 do
				local v2 = v1:split(" = ")
				local vartype = ""
				local vartypevalues = {}
				local numbers = {'0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9'}
				local letters = {'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z'}
				local firstchar = string.sub(v2[2], 1)
				local secondchar = string.sub(v2[2], 2)
				for i = 1, #numbers do
					if firstchar == numbers[i] then
						vartype = "numeric"
					end
				end
				if firstchar == "{" then
					vartype = "table"
					if secondchar == "\"" then
						vartype = vartype .. "strings"
					else
						for i = 1, #letters do
							if secondchar == letters[i] then
								vartype = vartype .. "alphabetic"
							end
						end
						for i = 1, #numbers do
							if secondchar == numbers[i] then
								vartype = vartype .. "numeric"
						end
					end
				end

				if string.sub(vartype, 1, 5) == "table" then
					local v3 = v2:split(", ")
					for i = 1, #v3 do
						if vartype == "tablenumeric" then
							vartypevalues[v3[i]] = tonumber(v3[i])
						elseif vartype == "tablealphabetic" then
							vartypevalues[v3[i]] = v3[i]
						else
							vartypevalues[v3[i]] = _G[v3[i]]
						end
					end
				end

				if vartype == "numeric" then
					_G[v2[1]] = tonumber(v2[2])
				elseif vartype == "alphabetic" then
					_G[v2[1]] = v2[2]
				elseif string.sub(vartype, 1, 5) == "table" then
					_G[v2[1]] = vartypevalues
				end
			end
		else
			local v = love.filesystem.read("regularvariables.txt")
			local v1 = v:split("\n")
			for i = 1, #v1 do
				local v2 = v1:split(" = ")
				local vartype = ""
				local vartypevalues = {}
				local numbers = {'0', '1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9'}
				local letters = {'a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z'}
				local firstchar = string.sub(v2[2], 1)
				local secondchar = string.sub(v2[2], 2)
				for i = 1, #numbers do
					if firstchar == numbers[i] then
						vartype = "numeric"
					end
				end
				if firstchar == "{" then
					vartype = "table"
					if secondchar == "\"" then
						vartype = vartype .. "strings"
					else
						for i = 1, #letters do
							if secondchar == letters[i] then
								vartype = vartype .. "alphabetic"
							end
						end
						for i = 1, #numbers do
							if secondchar == numbers[i] then
								vartype = vartype .. "numeric"
						end
					end
				end

				if string.sub(vartype, 1, 5) == "table" then
					local v3 = v2:split(", ")
					for i = 1, #v3 do
						if vartype == "tablenumeric" then
							vartypevalues[v3[i]] = tonumber(v3[i])
						elseif vartype == "tablealphabetic" then
							vartypevalues[v3[i]] = v3[i]
						else
							vartypevalues[v3[i]] = _G[v3[i]]
						end
					end
				end

				if vartype == "numeric" then
					_G[v2[1]] = tonumber(v2[2])
				elseif vartype == "alphabetic" then
					_G[v2[1]] = v2[2]
				elseif string.sub(vartype, 1, 5) == "table" then
					_G[v2[1]] = vartypevalues
				end
			end
		end
		variablesupdate = false
	end