How do I start a scene in choicescript code?

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Newbie here.

Hello all. I know this might sound odd, but when I start a scene in choicescript, what description or “code language” do I use to start the scene? In other words, by looking at the code, how do I know if a scene has started?

Bryan

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Thanks Fantom, will do. I guess what I am saying is, if I write the following code.

*scene_list
Fantom
Night

When I start the Night scene, how do I know have started it? Do I use *Night or *create Night, etc? How do I know where the scene starts?

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Or even more simply, what command do I use in my code to begin a scene?

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Ah, I misunderstood. Well, first off Choicescript will always start with startup, which should also always be the first scene listed in *scene_list, and to go to another scene use either *finish at the end of a scene to automatically go to the next scene listed in *scene_list, or use *goto to go to a different scene.

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Each scene is a separate .txt file, if that’s what you’re asking. It has to be called the same as the scene in the *scene_list

Edit: And, as @FoxalypticWorld mentioned, this .txt file has to be in the scenes folder.

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The list of scenes you place in the *scene_list comes from your web > mygame > scenes folder. You’d make a scene within that folder labeled Night. Then you’d use *finish or *goto Night to head over to that scene, as fantom mentioned.

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Do be sure to hit up the wiki and CoG tutorials though, they cover most topics.

Wiki
CoG tutorial

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Thanks guys. I believe I see what is happening here. In another programing language, a “scene” can be compared to a function. At the beginning of the function code. it is given a function name. It seems that in choicescript, you go into a scene when you list *choice. You do not know if the scene is over until you see *ending. Until I get more familiar with following the scenes, I can comment the scene names in. Choicescript goes from one scene to the next automatically as long as the scene is not ended. I will download and read the tutorial.

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It sounds like what you call a scene and what choicescript calls a scene are two completely different things…
Oh well. Anyway, good luck with that.

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This isn’t accurate. (The closest thing ChoiceScript has to functions is *gosub.) A scene in ChoiceScript is actually a separate file.

As @FoxalypticWorld explained, each scene exists in its own file. The system locates the various files based on the scene list in startup.txt.