Persistent Data

[wyverngem]

I'm having trouble with a bit of persistent data. I have a persistent variable that I'm using to control if on the splashscreen the reader will begin a new game or be brought to the menu. I also use it to see if the reader has seen the whole prologue. I start the game and it automatically jumps to the "start" label. Then I read through the story and am sent to the main menu. From the main menu I start a new game it remembers that I've already seen the prologue and gives me the option to skip what I've read. I than close the program and start fresh.

I have a line that shows me what my "persistent.op_unlocked" is set to before I start the if statement. When I close the game and start fresh it says that the variable is set to "False" even though I set it to "True" after the prologue. Any ideas on what could be causing the issue? Could it be that I've set the variable up original in a "init -2"?

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init -2:
    $ persistent.op_unlocked = False
    
# The game starts here.
label splashscreen:
    #Title screen.
    $ renpy.pause(0)
    scene black
    "Title Here"
    #Go to start if it's their first time playing and seeing the full opening.
    "[persistent.op_unlocked]"
    if persistent.op_unlocked == False:
        jump start
    return
    
label start:
    scene black with fade
    "Prestory here."
    # Makes a skip option so those who've seen the whole opening can skip it.
    if persistent.op_unlocked == True:
        show text "You seen the opening, Choose to skip the prologue." at hc
        menu:
            "Skip":
                call Prologue
            "Don't skip":
                pass
    else:
        call Prologue
    #Persistent set to True here so if the opening is not fully scene they don't have the skip option.
    #When game is opened again spalshscreen will go to the main menu and not jump to start.
    $ persistent.op_unlocked = True
    jump Chapter1
    
# The story continues...

[Valmoer]

Any ideas on what could be causing the issue? Could it be that I've set the variable up original in a "init -2"?

Indeed, what is happening here is that you reset your persistent variable every time you launch the application.
Quoting the documentation,

The persistent object is special in that an access to an undefined field will have a None value, rather than causing an exception.

Therefore, if you want to know if the variable has been initialized, you can drop the init and substitute

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   if persistent.op_unlocked == False:
        jump start
    return

with

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   if persistent.op_unlocked is None
        jump start
    return

Hope it helps!

Reference : http://www.renpy.org/doc/html/persistent.html

[wyverngem]

Thanks, working fine now.