Going back to a previous passage and not redo it

Question

Hello. I am using Harlowe 2.0.1 and Twine online (2.1.3) I am trying to have the character not being able to go to one room before he's visited the bathroom. I have managed to do this with 2 variables, but when I go back to the first room from the bathroom, I still have to re-do everything in that passage before I can go on to the next room I want. (when I get to the point I can continue on just fine, but it would make no sens in the story to redo everything in the room twice.

(set: $toiletVisit to false)
(if: $visit2 is true) [(set: $toiletVisit to true)]
Zzzzzzzz.....

Zzzzzz....

Light streaming in through the windows finally reached my face and I blinked my eyes open. In my half awake state, I glanced around the room and wondered where I [was]<myRoom|.

(click: ?myRoom) [The room wassmall with only one bed in it, to the left of the bed was a [window]<annoyingWindow|. Sitting up, I could see my bag dropped by the end of the bed. A [[door->doorBath]] to the bathroom was besides the [door]<doorDown| downstairs.]

(click-replace:?annoyingWindow) [dysty window that somehow still let those traitorus beams of sunlight through to hit my face.]

(click: ?doorDown) [(if: $toiletVisit is false)[I should freshen up first]
(if: $toiletVisit is true) [I should head [[downstairs]]]
]

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(set: $toiletVisit to true)
(set: $visit2 to true)

The bathroom was tiny. Only a small sink with a [mirror]<appearance| and a toilet. If I am finished oing my business, I guess I am finished [[here->Morning]]. 

(click: ?appearance) [You looked at yourself in the mirror. You looked like you just woke up.]

The first code snippet is the first room you're in. the second is the bathroom I want to enter and then leave to go back to the first room.

I hope I was clear enough in my question, and any help would be apprechiated

Answer 1

1. I don't see the problem. The code is fine.

2. What's the $visit2 variable for? It's completely pointless.

Comments

If I didn't have it, when I got back to the first rooom, it would set the $toiletVisit to false again.
should I remove both of them from the first passage then?

My problem is that when I click on [[here->Morning]] in the second passage, I have to read through all of the firs passage again, as if the charracter is just waking up again. And I do not know hot to set it as visible or already having been done when I come back from the bathroom/second passage

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Add this to your passage:

(if: $wakeUp is 1)[Zzzzzzzz.....

Zzzzzz....

Light streaming in through the windows finally reached my face and I blinked my eyes open. In my half awake state, I glanced around the room and wondered where I [was]<myRoom|.(set: $wakeUp to 0)]

In a starter tagged passage, set $wakeUp to 1

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When I do the coding in the passage, nothing ends up showing up when I test it.
the starter tagged passage, how do you set that up? (Sorry, I am very new with Twine).
Is it a seperate passage with a tag I call starter? And do I use that same tag in the first passage?

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Yeah. The starter is a passage with a tag called starter. Everything in that passage runs once before the game actually starts. Only have one passage with the tag though.

Answer 2

I'm not a hundred percent sure, but maybe a strategy using (history:) in the Bedroom passage would help?

(if: (history:) includes "Bathroom")[post-bathroom description]
(else:)[pre-bathroom description]

 

Comments

I will try this out!
I am new to Twine so I didn't know of this.
Thank you :)