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Okay so just wondering. Spent time yesterday checking the forum, dev wiki, CoG site and came up empty. I recall reading somewhere that you can code an option to appear/unlock after a certain amount of playthroughs.

So after trying unsuccessfully to make it work I’ve decided to ask if it’s possible. This is what I tried:

startup
*create playthrough 0

In a scene
*choice
__#option 1
__#option 2
__*if (playthrough>1) #option available after first playthrough

Ending scene
*set (playthrough+1)

__ shows example indent

So what am I doing wrong? Or, do I need to use a save in order to do this? I’m assuming It’s possible as achievements can be saved between playthroughs, unless anyone can confirm there is no way of doing this.

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There’s been a few topics on this. Question on permenant variables comes to mind.

Achievements are stored somewhere separate.

It’s not possible to have a newgame+ and use the restart button. You can fake it with just a *goto_scene at the end looping back to the beginning again, or by just trusting the player, or even providing a password at the end of the first playthrough which will unlock a second one.

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Thanks for the idea. I might try to fake it with the looping thing and see how that works.

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The problem with that is anyone that ever hits the restart button, or that clears their cookies, loses that. And that will happen a lot for at least a significant number of players.

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So since achievements are permanent and stored separately, is it possible to refer to them?

Like, have an achievement for finishing the game and then add something like

*if gamefinishedyay
   New Game+ content

I didn’t see that addressed in the other thread, sorry if I missed the explanation.

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I’m not sure. I really don’t know much about achievements since I don’t pay attention to them when playing, and they didn’t exist when I started coding. Actually I don’t think I’ve played much with achievements, since I generally play stuff before they’re implemented.

There’s a *check_achievements command, but it’s not a reliable method.

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Unnatural uses codes which works fine. For just an unlock on a second playthrough do this.

*create password “”
*create unlock false

Add an option to enter a password at the start of the game.

*choice
#password
*input_text password
*if (password = “second”)
*set unlock true
*goto chapter_one
*else
Wrong password.
*goto chapter_one

Then for any choice you want to be specific to a second playthrough just use

*if (unlock)
#special option.

Then add a password at the end of your game

Congratulations on finishing the game, next time you can use the password “second” to unlock new content.

Hope this helps.

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Omg, thank you. I tweaked it a bit to fit my WIP but it runs well.