"Bonus Scene" SubMenu?

[That Oyajicon]

One of the big mechanical gimmicks in my current project are unlockable bonus scenes.

At certain points during a character's route, a flag will be activated that will unlock a bonus scene accessible from the game's main menu.





The thing is, I'm really not sure how to implement this. None of the tutorials I've come across cover adding custom menus/submenus, and I'm also not 100% sure how to create flags that're persistent across a player's "game" (ie. no matter what route you're currently playing, if you've gotten these flags, they don't deactivate).

Can someone please point me in the right direction? I feel so lost.

[Per K Grok]

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The thing is, I'm really not sure how to implement this. None of the tutorials I've come across cover adding custom menus/submenus, and I'm also not 100% sure how to create flags that're persistent across a player's "game" (ie. no matter what route you're currently playing, if you've gotten these flags, they don't deactivate).

Can someone please point me in the right direction? I feel so lost.

Check this thread for making a submenu
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=52799&p=500299&hilit=trophy#p500299

[That Oyajicon]

That worked amazingly well, thank you!

My next question is, is there a way to combine submenus/unlockable menus with imagemaps?

I see some tutorials on YouTube for persistent data, but all the ones I've found have the default "arial on a greyed-out sidebar" style. Are there any tutorials out there that can show me how to use persistent data to have new graphics/buttons appear on the main menu?

Also, is there a way of preventing the player from accessing certain submenus at certain times? Like, if I wanted a submenu to only be viewable from the Main Menu, and not while they're playing through the game.

[Per K Grok]

is there a way of preventing the player from accessing certain submenus at certain times? Like, if I wanted a submenu to only be viewable from the Main Menu, and not while they're playing through the game.

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        if main_menu:
                textbutton _("Trophy") action ShowMenu("trophy")

The option 'Trophy' will now not show up in any of the menus when the the player are playing through the game.

I see some tutorials on YouTube for persistent data, but all the ones I've found have the default "arial on a greyed-out sidebar" style. Are there any tutorials out there that can show me how to use persistent data to have new graphics/buttons appear on the main menu?

Before label start in script.rpy add

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if not persistent.openSub:
    $ persistent.openSub = 0
    $ renpy.save_persistent()

Change the textbutton 'Trophy' line i navigation to:

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        if main_menu and persistent.openSub==1:
                textbutton _("Trophy") action ShowMenu("trophy")

To activate the option do:

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$ persistent.openSub = 1 
$ renpy.save_persistent()

is there a way to combine submenus/unlockable menus with imagemaps?

The 'submenu' is a screen. So yes you can use an imagemap
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screens. ... statements