Problem with variables, please help! [SOLVED]

[tim640]

I am honestly confused. Tried to get around this a few different ways, but always end up with the same problem. Will really appreciate ideas

So i have an in-game map with quests to select. I define them with variables, something like

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        if persistent.quest1 == "active":
            imagebutton idle "quest1emblem.png"
        elif persistent.quest1 == "finished":
            None

The problem i encountered is with saving and loading. Let's say we selected a quest, and it started:

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        $ persistent.quest1 = "active"
        (quest code here, blah blah, dialogue)
        $ persistent.quest1 = "finished"

Now let's say, player saves somewhere on the map BEFORE the quest, then FINISHES the quest, which sets the persistent.quest1 from "active" to "finished". Now, he loads the save that was BEFORE the quest. But since the quest was finished, persistent.quest1 was set to "finished", and despite the save being made BEFORE the quest, it's gonna look like the quest was taken. What should i do?.. I guess i need a variable that is associated with a certain point of the game, not persistent, but i can't find info on those. How do i do that?..

Another example of this is going back to the map from an active quest. I want to disable the option to return to the map at some points, i made a menu option that goes like this:

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if persistent.map == "1" or persistent.map == "0":
    if renpy.get_screen("map"):
        textbutton _("MAP") action Return()
    elif persistent.map == "0":
        textbutton _("MAP") action Notify("You can't return to the map right now")
    elif persistent.map == "1":
        textbutton _("MAP") action Confirm("Are you sure you want to return to the map?", yes=Call("map"), no=None)                

So, if the player is already on the map, it just closes the menu, if persistent.map == "1", it's going ask for a confirmation, and if it's "0", it's going to show a notification that you can't go to the map currently. I want to use it in important scenes and the very beginning of the game.
But here i am encountering the same problem as i do with quests. Say i have the quest code

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        $ persistent.map == "1"
        (quest starts here)
        $ persistent.map == "0"
        (important scene starts here, so you can't exit to the map anymore)
        $ persistent.map == "1"
        (scene ends, and map is available again)

And now let's say player saved during an important scene, when persistent.map was set to "0". Then scene ends, and persistent.map sets to "1" again. Now, if the player will load the save file that was made during the important scene, he will be able to exit to the map, anyway, because the persistent was already set to "1" and the save was made after the variable was set to "0".

What do i do? Thank you in advance!

[tim640]

...i am very sorry, nvm.
For the ones who might be a bit blind like i am, here's stuff to read:
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/python.html
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/conditional.html
This can be used in Menus as well and unlike persistent variables will be dynamic and associated with certain moments of the game.