making unlockables

[jory014]

well, I am just wondering... like let's say there like 5 endings and one is a special ending allowing the menu to change, and especially, when they start a new game a new option shows up where they can continue to play the old story or the new route they unlock when they finished that special ending?

I would have searched, but I don't know what to call it... so yeah, please help :/

thanks so much

[vociferocity]

what about just having a variable that keeps track of if that special ending's been reached (so, $ specialending = False at the start, $ specialending = True somewhere during the special ending), and right at the start you have an if statement that's something like this: (if specialending = True, menu: "start new game": jump newgame "start new game+": jump newgameplus) and then below that you have obviously label newgame, where the regular new game start is, and label newgameplus, where the special route they've unlocked is. the choice won't show up if they can't access the special route, so it should work.

[Camille]

You need to use "persistent variables" for this because they retain their status even after a game has been completed. So I'd make one for your endings and have it set so the main menu changes once one of those variables becomes true, etc.

[jory014]

You need to use "persistent variables" for this because they retain their status even after a game has been completed. So I'd make one for your endings and have it set so the main menu changes once one of those variables becomes true, etc.

Wow, really? then do i need to send you the whole game script then? or just that specific ending?

[Rewritten Ennui]

Ever looked at this page? It should accomplish what you need.

[jory014]

what about just having a variable that keeps track of if that special ending's been reached (so, $ specialending = False at the start, $ specialending = True somewhere during the special ending), and right at the start you have an if statement that's something like this: (if specialending = True, menu: "start new game": jump newgame "start new game+": jump newgameplus) and then below that you have obviously label newgame, where the regular new game start is, and label newgameplus, where the special route they've unlocked is. the choice won't show up if they can't access the special route, so it should work.

I somehow didn't get what you mean... as much as I wanted to understand...(I am just a noob..sorry)

But, I'll try to picture it out... so what you're saying is this???

Label Start:

$if special ending=false
label new route_old route:
menu:
"old route"
jump new game
"new route"
jump new game+"

label special ending:
text something
$if special ending= true
return

is that it??? o.o

[Wright1000]

I think it is a bit rude when your programmer already told you that he would do the programming, and you are asking people around.

[jory014]

I think it is a bit rude when your programmer already told you that he would do the programming, and you are asking people around.

i was just curious, I just wanted to learn sorry :p and I also wanted to learn just in case I have members leaving me again. =.= (happened a lot) so yeah, I'm trying to learn in everyway possible. But, I won't ask again regarding that in the forums...

Sorry if I was being rude.