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Hi, are there any articles on page destinations please?

Sorry yes I think I need to be more specific.. I have created a menu option that the reader can access at any stage during the story but I am wanting the reader to be able to go back to the page they were just on once they are finished on the menu page. Hope this makes clearer sense of what I am trying to achieve.

I am testing this out and have encountered another issue lol! So I believe what you have explained will work for me so thank you for that. However this other issue is.. this menu I have made is in chapter 2, I want to get from a page in chapter 1 to a specific page in chapter 2. It doesn't appear that I can choose the destination of any page from any chapter. Hope this is making sense again

I'm sure it's doable with page destination coding/scripting, I'm sure I'll come across the article or work it out eventually. Thanks for your help though.

E: I think what I'm asking for with regards to my first query is %LASTPAGE I think

E2: I've come to realise what I should of asked is. If I'm on chatper 1 page 3, how do I link that page to chapter 2 page 2

In the link script:

$DEST := @P12

(or whatever the page number is).

Or $DEST := "@P" + %LASTPAGE if you're going that route.


If you learn only one bit of scripting it should be $DEST, it will override whatever page the link is normally connected to and can be useful for lots of situations such as delayed consequences for earlier choices etc.

Thanks mizal that's a big help!

So if I'm on chapter 1 page 3 and I want to add a page link on that page to chapter 2 page 5 for example, how would I go about that? Because it appears when I go to add a page link in chapter 1 page 3 I can only choose out of the pages that are in chapter 1 and I can't select any pages from chapter 2.

Ignore this, sorry!

Sorry, mizal, another question.. I've added a page link to back to previous page and added $DEST := "@p" + %LASTPAGE to the script but it's saying the page results aren't found is this because the page I'm trying to go back to is in a different chapter?

Oh, it looks like you missed a step. You will need to create the variable for %LASTPAGE, and then before the $DEST line, set it to match $PAGEID so that the number of the page you left will be stored in there.

If you intend for this link to be available on every page btw, you'd save yourself a lot of work by just creating an item that does the same thing. Look at the recent RPG quiz game, it's got a book item you can view your stats in as they change, and items can also move the player to a new page any time they're used.

If you check the article on making a codex it'll explain one way to do this. (Although if there's several pages to browse in the character menu, keep in mind you'll need to exclude all of those in the global script; the example given is just for one page.)

Thank you