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[St0rmSlaSh]

Hello, everyone. I am currently developing a game which includes a high score table and if the player dies, or they complete the game, then they have a choice to input their scores. But I ran into some errors and bugs where after the player submits their scores, the level system still places a variable to where the player has unlocked the final level (If they completed the game) and of they try to go into a level, then they either automatically complete it, or they instantly die. So what I was wondering if there is a way I could reset those rooms after the player submits their scores, so that when the player does enter that information, then they can start the game fresh again. Thanks everyone!

[kerempooh]

Hmm... could you be more precise?

The way I understand it your problem is that you have your rooms set to "persistent" and you'd like them reset? In that case you can use room_set_persistent to reset the rooms that need resetting after the game is completed.
(I'm still trying to understand what saving high scores has to do with it...)

[St0rmSlaSh]

When you complete a level, it asks you for your name and it records it. I just want to know how I can reset the persistent room after the object for the high score takes you back to the title screen.

[kerempooh]

Hmm... it seems the problem is a bit knottier than that...

Room_set_persistent doesn't seem to work on rooms already visited so it is not possible to "reset" them all cleanly from one convenient spot. However, here's this thread:

https://forum.yoyogames.com/index.php?threads/how-can-you-reset-mutiple-persistent-rooms.13809/

Some good ideas there, particularly that you should avoid room persistence and set up your own gamestate save system.. but as you seem to be a long way into development to redo everything, this method might help:

create a persistent controller object and put the below code in the room start event. then go to the first room.

if room_exists(room_next(room)) {room_persistent = false; room_goto_next();} else {room_goto(start_room); instance_destroy();} 

[St0rmSlaSh]

Okay, thank you! I did a bit of experimenting overnight and I found out that highscore_add saves your score even if you close the game. So, I just restarted the whole game so all the rooms reset, which is what basically happens when a player dies in a game

[BomberTREE]

If you ever feel like saving and loading information with a file 
https://docs.yoyogames.com/source/dadiospice/002_reference/file%20handling/ini%20files/index.html