Autolabelling for Save and Restore?

[EwanG]

On the commerical VN's I've read/played, there is usually an ability to save a file at a particular page so you can start right back where you left off. In Ren'Py (at least from what I've seen in the demo code), it appears you have to set a label for a section to be able to restore to that point.

Is there something I'm missing (probably, which is why I'm asking here)?

[mikey]

You can save at any place (any line of dialogue), the name label only indicates the save name of the section - if that's what you asked.

[DaFool]

Yup, it automatically saves the screenshot, and save date.

Since its just a label, don't forget to change it once you start a new section in your game.

[EwanG]

OK, so when they go to restart, how do I get them back to that point that was saved? That's what I thought the label was used for, but there's obviously something I'm still not understanding

Thanks for the help!

[dizzcity]

Save and Load are used for returning to the exact spot in the game/novel. You have no worries there. It's already integrated. However, the name by which that save point will be called in the Saved Files menu is defined by the $ save_name=" " variable.

labels are used to divide your script up into sections for navigation. You can think of them as separate blocks to jump to after making choices in a menu. They're like different pages on a website. Everything under one label will be done in sequence.

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For example, if you have a menu choice like:

What do I do today?
> Sleep and Eat (goes to label sleep_and_eat)
> Go out on a Date (goes to label go_on_date)

then each of those answers will take you to a separate section with their own labels.

label sleep_and_eat:
<everything that follows after the user has chosen to sleep and eat>

label go_on_date:
<everything that happens after the user has chosen to go on the date>

-Dizzy-

[EwanG]

Got it. I was learning the wrong "lesson" about how labels were being used.

Thanks!