goto_scene: possible to go to specific label in startup file?

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So, I have a question regarding the *goto_scene command…

The CS wiki warns against using *goto_scene to go to the startup file, as this will reset all variables. But is it okay if you go to a specific label within the startup file? For example, if I use the command: -

*goto_scene startup bobs_house

Will this reset all of the variables created at the beginning of my startup file? Or will it just jump straight past them?

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It should be fine, but why would you ever want to design your game that way?
You’re best leaving your startup file solely for *create, *title, *scene_list and other “initilization” stuff.

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I use the following system:

*gotoref scheduleplace

This will make you go to the label that matches the variable scheduleplace. So in events.txt you could have:

*gotoref scheduleplace
*label one
Blah blah blah 
*label two
Blah blah blah 
*label three
This is where I want to skip to

To properly skip to label three in events.txt, you would write the following in another file:

*set scheduleplace three
*goto_scene events

The game will go to events, see '*gotoref “scheduleplace” which gets replaced with “*goto three”, and then you’re at label three where you wanted to be.

It’s still probably a bad idea to do this on the startup file though. Just make your startup file super short and move what was in it, to startup1 or something.

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Excellent ideas, all. I think that the best thing to do is to break up what is currently my startup file. I’ll keep all of my *create commands in the startup, and shunt what is currently the ‘story’ part of the first vignette into a different file, which I can come back to with a *goto_scene command later.

I guess I can even use a *goto_scene command at the end of the (shortened) startup file to move seamlessly into the first chapter of the story without having to use a *finish command.

Thanks for the feedback.