Upcoming ChoiceScript Feature: Checkpoints

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@CJW

The only thing I think vanilla ChoiceScript is missing is a way to automatically generate the ifid.

Hmmm, but how would it persist the same IFID from build to build? I think it’s better to input it manually and carry the same IFID throughout the lifetime of the project.

[will]

I am going to get real creative with checkpoints. It’s going to get crazy. I love this.

I don’t mind so much that it’s a bit incompatible with Dashingdon’s sm_init system – I think it’s useful for some features of a game to only be available upon full release. That said, other people might mind. Personally, if the command crashes games on dashingdon, my solution would be

*create dashingdon false

*if not(dashingdon)
  *save_checkpoint

but that’s kind of a workaround. And if it doesn’t crash dashingdon but just might cause problems, I’m sure there’s workarounds too. Would be good to have some documentation and best practices around it.

Also, restoring a checkpoint out of the stats screen is BIG. I love that.

As is *create checkpoint_exclusions – hot damn. Possibilities. Everyone is going to get superundertaled.

[dfabulich]

@cup_half_empty

I think it’s better to input it manually and carry the same IFID throughout the lifetime of the project.

Yeah, the whole point of an IFID is to generate it once per game and then never change it.

It could be done automatically, but it’d have to be done by CSIDE or a CSIDE-like tool, so it can be permanently saved in startup.txt.

[malinryden]

Any news about when this will be done?

[dfabulich]

It was done in November!

New in ChoiceScript: HTML Exports, Checkpoints, and Achievements

ChoiceScript now includes an easy way to export your game to HTML, which, in turn allows us to make checkpoints and achievements available to all users of ChoiceScript. Export to HTML with just two clicks When you follow our ChoiceScript introduction, you’ll run the “ChoiceScript server,” which will make your game available in your browser, locally, just on your machine. When you view a ChoiceScript game in your browser via that server, you’ll find a new “Export to HTML” link at the bottom of …

[malinryden]

Wow! Thank you! Good news for my upcoming Rebirth update…

[dfabulich]

Closing this topic, moving posts to the New in ChoiceScript: HTML Exports, Checkpoints, and Achievements thread.