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Is it possible to copy and paste individual pages in the storygame editor? You see, I'm sick of writing out the exact same thing a shitload of times (kind of a need - don't ask why) so I was wondering if you could, in a sense, duplicate pages (links and variables included). Perhaps I'm just stupid but even so it'd be a great help if someone could tell meh :P

On what game are you working? (It's clearly not Infinite Madness...)

Not that I've ever found.  

@nmelssx @Killa_Robot @BerkaZerka ?

Name system >_>

Oh. Just use the same page over and over again. Have 26 links on the page, one to represent each letter of the alphabet. They will all link back to that page. Then, make one more link that will lead to the next page after the player has set all the characters of their name. The rest requires a lot of scripting, but I can guide you through that, if I need to.

But if it's the 1 variable = 1 letter method ... that wouldn't work. 

Assuming you have a name with an A and a B in it, choosing A = %FIRSTLETTER + 1, making the first letter A ... and choosing B = %FIRSTLETTER + 2 making the first letter B ... you're going to get %FIRSTLETTER = 3 which will make it C because you're just increasing the same variable. How are you supposed to distinguish, on one page, which is which? Unless, of course, you have another method.

Have 8 variables (CHAR1 to CHAR8). Create 26 links. In the script of each link, input:

IF %CHAR1 = 0 THEN %CHAR1 := (number)

IF %CHAR1 > 0 AND %CHAR2 = 0 THEN %CHAR2 := (number)

IF %CHAR2 > 0 AND %CHAR3 = 0 THEN %CHAR3 := (number)

IF %CHAR3 > 0 AND %CHAR4 = 0 THEN %CHAR4 := (number)

IF %CHAR4 > 0 AND %CHAR5 = 0 THEN %CHAR5 := (number)

IF %CHAR5 > 0 AND %CHAR6 = 0 THEN %CHAR6 := (number)

IF %CHAR6 > 0 AND %CHAR7 = 0 THEN %CHAR7 := (number)

IF %CHAR7 > 0 AND %CHAR8 = 0 THEN %CHAR8 := (number)

Maybe it's the fact that my brain is fried from the past nine hours of hell I just went through at work, but I don't ... necessarily get how this is supposed to work.

Ok, so there is an issue ... maybe I'm less spaced out than I thought.

... Nope! I'm just as spaced out as I thought. Thank you for the explanation, but I will require exorbitant amounts of coffee before my brain will actually stop it's temporary 'strike' to process it.

Just do:

IF %CHAR1 = 0 THEN %CHAR1 := NUMBER

IF %CHAR2 = 0 THEN IF %CHAR1 > 0 THEN %CHAR2 := NUMBER

IF %CHAR3 = 0 THEN IF %CHAR2 > 0 THEN %CHAR3 := NUMBER

And so on...

Actually, I think that might set off a chain reaction too. Just put the codes backward then. You know, put %CHAR8 at the start, then 7, 6, and so on.

Ok. So, if it's choosing letters, then no. No, you don't want to use the same page over and over in succession.

I've played some games where you have to input your name a character at a time (it wasn't very enjoyable).
Could you also include a link where I can simply choose a generic name and get right into the action?

Just use the same page. o.o Why make multiple copies when the same page can be use an infinite amount of times? 

1 page could be used for many pages, right?

Yes.

Yeah. I wouldn't recommend doing that. Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you should. :P 

It'll definitely be a dreg. Btw, I made a screen saver script. xD

Ooh...

Btw, you wouldn't happen to know anything about .bsa unpackers, would you?

You play Skyrim? o.o

You have to find a BSA UNPACKER program that actually works with your platform. 

Well, what kind of errors did you get?

You can copy and paste text within a page, or scripting, or link text, but you can't copy an entire page all at once.

If you need to re-use the same page repeatedly, I don't see why you wouldn't just link back to that page...

Like in Killa's article?

...?

No. That's different. That's when you want to save the last visited page, so you can get back to that page after going through a specific number of random pages. 

Perhaps I missed the whole point of his article, I guess I need to reread it.