Persistence and how to work with it

[Thundy]

Hey All. so my game is coming on really nicely, but I have had some issues with persistent data.
A lot of my events are triggered based on criteria and flags in the manner outlined below:

Event.criteriaA is true if it is the correct time of day
Event.criteriaB is true if the relevant NPC is in the right location
Event.criteriaC is true if the player is in the right location
Event.isActive is true based on other things and switched to false once the event has ended to prevent it triggering again.

If all 4 are true the event triggers

The issue I am having is that somehow these variables seem to be persisting so when I am testing, i have to manually delete the files in the save folder otherwise the events dont trigger. Its a bit odd since i thought you had to tell renpy if you wanted specific things to persist.

Is there anyone who might have experience or insight into this problem?

[wyverngem]

Your using persistent variables for one game play through? That’s not their purpose. A persistent variable is used for variables set when the person unlocks something. For example unlocking an achievement you only ever see it once no matter who is playing.

You just need regular variables to set up if a, b, c, and d do this. When the player starts a new game it resets to the default state. It loads whatever state they’re in from the save.

[xavimat]

These variables should not persist, and probably your problem has another origin. Try using the console or "watch" the variables to test them.