# Lateral Scenes? **URL:** \ **Category:** ChoiceScript Help\ **Created:** [February 11, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/lateral-scenes/35243 "2018-02-11T02:09:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Eos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/eos/32/109207_2.png) [@Eos](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Eos)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 2:09am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/lateral-scenes/35243/1 "2018-02-11T02:09:43Z")
Is there a way to make some scenes non-linear? As in, each scene, instead of progressing one-by-one, can progress to a number of other scenes? For example, if you want to make a traversible map, each with different locations, could you assign each location a scene and move through them as your character chooses? And if so, how would you go about doing it? Thanks in advance. ---
**Author:** ![MeltingPenguins](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/meltingpenguins/32/255855_2.png) [@MeltingPenguins](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/MeltingPenguins)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/lateral-scenes/35243/2 "2018-02-11T02:18:37Z")
You can either, depending on how big the scenes for the locations are use labels in the same scene, or use go\_subs ir goto\_scene. ---
**Author:** ![Szaal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/szaal/32/112202_2.png) [@Szaal](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Szaal)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 6:12am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/lateral-scenes/35243/3 "2018-02-11T06:12:01Z")
You mean something like, say… 3 different parts of a district which have their own event, and all of them progress simultaneously? The work can be quite… complicated, but it’s certainly doable. You’ll need a lot of `*goto`s and conditional checks to create such a scene (if I understand you correctly). ---
**Author:** ![Eos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/eos/32/109207_2.png) [@Eos](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Eos)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 3:09pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/lateral-scenes/35243/4 "2018-02-11T15:09:15Z")
As in, the scene a player progresses to may change depending on the choices a player makes in their current scene. ---
**Author:** ![MeltingPenguins](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/meltingpenguins/32/255855_2.png) [@MeltingPenguins](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/MeltingPenguins)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 3:26pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/lateral-scenes/35243/5 "2018-02-11T15:26:58Z")
As said, several ways, depending on how big things are: Example ``` *label housetour *choice *disable_reuse #Go to the attic *goto attic *disable_reuse #Go to the basement *goto basement *disable_reuse #Go to the garden *goto garden *label attic TEXT *goto housetour *label basement TEXT *goto housetour etc ``` This would be alternate path for one scene, coming back to the initial choice ``` *choice #Take the green path *goto green #Take the blue path *goto blue *label green TEXT *goto door *label blue TEXT *goto door *label door ``` This would lead from point A to point B by two different paths ``` *choice #Help Martha *go_sub martha *finish #Help Laura *go_sub laura *finish ``` This would lead to a subscene like this: ``` code for helping Martha *return ``` the return moves you back to where you came from and thus to the ‘finish’ aka the next scene on the list then The scenelist should look like this ``` 1_sceneone 2_scenetwo (this is e.g. where the choice for martha and laura is) 3_scenethree 4_scenefour epilogue martha laura ``` the finish would then proceed the story to the third scene. EDIT: (forgot stuff) fourth option is goto\_scene ``` *choice #go to spain *goto_scene spain1 #go to Japan *goto_scene japan1 ``` with the scenelist looking like this ``` 1_one 2_two (here you'd pick where to go) spain1 spain2 spain3 japan1 japan2 japan3 3_backhome 4_four 5_five epilogue with the final bit in both spain3 and japan3 being *goto_scene 3_backhome ``` IIRC ---
**Author:** ![Avery\_Moore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/avery_moore/32/57275_2.png) [@Avery\_Moore](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/Avery_Moore)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 3:37pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/lateral-scenes/35243/6 "2018-02-11T15:37:15Z")
Yeah, this is pretty easily done. Let’s say there’s a map with five locations; Village, Forest, Mountain, Desert and Swamp. First you’d need to make six files. “Village”, “Forest”, “Mountain”, “Desert”, “Swamp” and “Map” On the page that says map, the text should read something like this: Where do you want to go next? \*choice #The Village \*goto\_scene Village #The Forest \*goto\_scene Forest #The Mountain \*goto\_scene Mountain #The Desert \*goto\_scene Desert #The Swamp \*goto\_scene Swamp Whenever you choose to leave any of these areas, you just need to use the code: \*goto\_scene Map ---
**Author:** ![needs-to-be-loved](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/needs-to-be-loved/32/47215_2.png) [@needs-to-be-loved](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/needs-to-be-loved)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 6:33pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/lateral-scenes/35243/7 "2018-02-11T18:33:17Z")
In addition to this, can you track chosen options by a different code than setting variables for them ? ---
**Author:** ![MeltingPenguins](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/meltingpenguins/32/255855_2.png) [@MeltingPenguins](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/MeltingPenguins)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/lateral-scenes/35243/8 "2018-02-11T18:35:41Z")
> [@needs-to-be-loved](#): > > In addition to this, can you track chosen options by a different code than setting variables for them ? Depends what you wish to do. If you want to check where obe has been later, you’ll need a variable. If you just want people not to go somewhere twice, either use hide\_reuse or disable\_reuse, or, again a variable. ---
**Author:** ![needs-to-be-loved](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/needs-to-be-loved/32/47215_2.png) [@needs-to-be-loved](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/needs-to-be-loved)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/lateral-scenes/35243/9 "2018-02-11T21:31:21Z")
But as far as i know \*hide and \*disable commands reset after going to a scene and coming back. Im ok with setting a variable though, just wanted to see if there is another option. ---
**Author:** ![MeltingPenguins](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/meltingpenguins/32/255855_2.png) [@MeltingPenguins](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/MeltingPenguins)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2018, 9:32pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/lateral-scenes/35243/10 "2018-02-11T21:32:41Z")
If you use a go\_sub instead of goto\_scene it should keep the options. I dunno if you wouldn’t be running risk of looping, so a variable is a better idea.