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Switching between scenes but retaining progress
Hi
I'm trying to switch between two scenes mid conversation. Scene A starts (say after.. scene X) with a cutscene that involves a camera change and starts a conversation. After the conversation reaches a certain point (say after 4 dialogues) I have it switch to Scene B. This starts Scene B from it's beginning.
Now I have a conversation in Scene B and after a few dialogues, I want it to switch back to Scene A, but it starts Scene a with that cutscene on start involving the camera change and the same conversation from the beginning. Instead, when switching from B to A, I want it to remember to continue the conversation and start the 5th dialogue.
After a few lines in Scene A for the second time, I again want it to switch to Scene B and this time remember the progress in Scene B or have the player in a different position, but not start the Scene B from the beginning again. How can this be achieved?
Thanks!
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A Cutscene cannot survive a scene change, so any changes in the way your scene begins is handled via your OnStart Cutscene.
If this is the only time you'll enter Scene A from Scene B, you can use the Scene: Check Action in this Cutscene to make different things happen accordingly. Otherwise, logic in your game is handled by using Variables - see Section 7 of the Manual. Variables can be Global (game-wide) or Local (per-scene). To handle logic across multiple scenes, as in this case, use Global Variables.
In your Variables Manager, create a new Global PopUp variable, name it e.g. "Scene A startup" and give it two values: "Default" and "Continue conversation". You can add more later if you want more variety when Scene A begins. You can then use the Variable: Set Action to set the value in Scene B, and the Variable: Pop Up switch Action in Scene A's OnStart Cutscene to act accordingly.