how do I make text skippable on first read?

[SONTSE]

I need some part of my story to behave like user already read it.
i.e be skippable with 'skip' feature right away on the first run, even if 'skip unseen text' preference is off.
I think something like "register" these lines as already seen, would be ideal solution. Can I do it?

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#this text should be always skippable
label boring_part:
    'lines of boring text which you can skip'
    'more lines of boring text which you can skip'
    'even more lines of boring text which you can skip'
    #dozens of boring lines but we skipped them
    
#this text shouldn't be skippable if unseen and not opted to skip unseen
label resume_good_story:
    'wow a story!'
    'such plot'
    'very great'

[isobellesophia]

I need some part of my story to behave like user already read it.
i.e be skippable with 'skip' feature right away on the first run, even if 'skip unseen text' preference is off.
I think something like "register" these lines as already seen, would be ideal solution. Can I do it?

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#this text should be always skippable
label boring_part:
    'lines of boring text which you can skip'
    'more lines of boring text which you can skip'
    'even more lines of boring text which you can skip'
    #dozens of boring lines but we skipped them
    
#this text shouldn't be skippable if unseen and not opted to skip unseen
label resume_good_story:
    'wow a story!'
    'such plot'
    'very great'

How about you try..

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label boring_part:
    $ _skipping = True
    'lines of boring text which you can skip'
    'more lines of boring text which you can skip'
    'even more lines of boring text which you can skip'
    #dozens of boring lines but we skipped them

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#this text shouldn't be skippable if unseen and not opted to skip unseen
label resume_good_story:
    $ _skipping = False
    'wow a story!'
    'such plot'
    'very great'

This works for me, found it from Pytom answer sonewhere..

[Imperf3kt]

But what if a player pauses and selects to lock skipping again?

[SONTSE]

How about you try..

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label boring_part:
    $ _skipping = True
    'lines of boring text which you can skip'
    'more lines of boring text which you can skip'
    'even more lines of boring text which you can skip'
    #dozens of boring lines but we skipped them

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#this text shouldn't be skippable if unseen and not opted to skip unseen
label resume_good_story:
    $ _skipping = False
    'wow a story!'
    'such plot'
    'very great'

This works for me, found it from Pytom answer sonewhere..

Doesn't work for me. But here is working solution for this approach:
1) in screens.rpy
1.1) in screen preferences:
replace

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                    textbutton _("Unseen Text") action Preference("skip", "toggle")

with

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                    textbutton _("Unseen Text") action ToggleField(persistent,'skip_unseen')

1.2) in screen say:
add

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    on 'show' action If(mode_skipping,true = SetField(preferences,'skip_unseen',True),false = SetField(preferences,'skip_unseen',persistent.skip_unseen))

2) add somewhere in initial phase:

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default persistent.skip_unseen = False

3) use it as following example:

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#this text should be always skippable
label boring_part:
    $mode_skipping = True
    'lines of boring text which you can skip'
    'more lines of boring text which you can skip'
    'even more lines of boring text which you can skip'
    #dozens of boring lines but we skipped them
    
#this text shouldn't be skippable if unseen and not opted to skip unseen
label resume_good_story:
    $mode_skipping = False
    'wow a story!'
    'such plot'
    'very great'

But i'm not a fan of this approach because of potential flaw - if the mode_skipping toggle is somehow evaded, the whole skip_unseen preference will be broken for entire game. So i keep it to the last resort.