Save and load

[nibl]

Confused newbie question: I can't figure out how you save and load persistent data, or where the data is. I know it's supposed to be in ~/.renpy/persistent (on Linux) but that directory is empty. My game doesn't even show a "save game" option in the menu.

What I need to do is save and load specific values like scores. I tried the following after searching the forums and reference pages, but this caused the game to freeze and not load at all.

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$ persistent.myval = 22
$ renpy.save("SaveFile1")

$ renpy.load("SaveFile1")
$ myval = persistent.myval

Thanks.

[JQuartz]

I can't figure out how you save and load persistent data

You can just set it as a variable without needing to save or load it, like so:

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label start:
    $ myval = persistent.myval
    "Game"
    "End"

    if highscore:
        jump highscore_set
    $ renpy.full_restart()

label highscore_set:
    $ persistent.myval = 22