Hi, thank you for the reply.
I just updated to 1.8.3 and no more global var issues!
It seems as you said, this was an issue with older versions of playmaker.
I'm not sure what you mean by global variables that are 'visible' when i play.
Thanks for the help in uncovering why i was having this issues. In the future, i'll make sure to check and make sure i'm on the latest before posting
-Stephen