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by Goblinounours_2039
Wed Dec 13, 2023 5:45 pm
Forum: Ren'Py Questions and Announcements
Topic: Copying Save function to make Chapter Select
Replies: 7
Views: 6148

Re: Copying Save function to make Chapter Select

I always advice people to have a look inside Renpy's really nice documentation: https://www.renpy.org/dev-doc/html/save_load_rollback.html#save-functions-and-variables I did, but it's not always easy to understand when you're fairly new to RenPy. I wish the documentation had more practical examples...
by Goblinounours_2039
Wed Dec 13, 2023 12:27 pm
Forum: Ren'Py Questions and Announcements
Topic: Copying Save function to make Chapter Select
Replies: 7
Views: 6148

Re: Copying Save function to make Chapter Select

I think you can also just use whatever save names and don't show them to the player. So if you're not using the "#-#" file format, they shouldn't show up inside the usual load and save menus. Ol' up. So what you're saying is that I can write $ renpy.save("Name of Chapter") EDIT ...
by Goblinounours_2039
Tue Dec 12, 2023 7:52 pm
Forum: Ren'Py Questions and Announcements
Topic: Copying Save function to make Chapter Select
Replies: 7
Views: 6148

Re: Copying Save function to make Chapter Select

Why not specify "auto-1" , "auto-2" , etc. for the save slot? You can leave the numbered pages to the players for their manual saves. Well, how many slots does the autosave system has? Is it not something like 6 or something? Because throughout the full course of the game, we wo...
by Goblinounours_2039
Tue Dec 12, 2023 10:00 am
Forum: Ren'Py Questions and Announcements
Topic: Copying Save function to make Chapter Select
Replies: 7
Views: 6148

Copying Save function to make Chapter Select

Hi there, first thread on these forums. First, allow me to explain our situation. SITUATION: • We're working on a Renpy game which is non-linear. There are many choices which can affect the story. • We're still relatively early in development, but there's still several hours of game to play through ...