Ren'Py Delete what lines I've already read

[RiddledWithFilth]

Hi, sorry if this question has been answered before, did a few minutes of searching but found nothing that worked for me.

How do you delete what lines you've already read in a renpy game?

I always use the skip feature to skip through text I've already read but stop at text I have not yet encountered.
My problem is, however, that I played this game in the past already and I want to reset what the game considers as read and unread since I can't remember most of the game's content anymore.
I tried:
Deleting the saves folder unter game_name/game
Deleting its folder under Roaming/Renpy

But while I succeeded in deleting the saves, all text still is recognised as already read.

 

[LightmanP]

You need to remove not save files, but 'persistent' file. Saves are fine to stay for that. It also stores your game settings, gallery unlocks for some games.

 

[RiddledWithFilth]

You need to remove not save files, but 'persistent' file. Saves are fine to stay for that. It also stores your game settings, gallery unlocks for some games.

When googling that it leads me back to

C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\RenPy\GAMENAME

from where I already deleted the folder with the name of the game - am I missing something?

 

[LightmanP]

When googling that it leads me back to

C:\Users\XXXXXXX\AppData\Roaming\RenPy\GAMENAME

from where I already deleted the folder with the name of the game - am I missing something?

And it still skips text? Just in case, you need to disable 'unseen text' option for it to not skip unread.
Or you haven't removed 'persistent' in Roaming folder, game folders there can sometimes be oddly named by devs. Or the game has that option fucked up and it always skips text, seen it a few times.

 

[RiddledWithFilth]

And it still skips text? Just in case, you need to disable 'unseen text' option for it to not skip unread.
Or you haven't removed 'persistent' in Roaming folder, game folders there can sometimes be oddly named by devs. Or the game has that option fucked up and it always skips text, seen it a few times.

Deleting both the entire content of the save folder and the roaming/renpy directory did it for me, seems if you only delete one of them and start the game it copies it to the other place.
So if you don't delete both before starting it infinitely replaces the missing one - which was my problem XD

 

[LightmanP]

Yeah, they back each other up

 

[RiddledWithFilth]

Yeah, they back each other up

yep, thanks for the help mate

 

[anne O'nymous]

You need to remove not save files, but 'persistent' file.

Yes, but no. There's no need to delete the whole file when you can just reset the dictionary.

To OP:
Open the console SHIFT + o
Type persistent._seen_ever = {}
And it's done.


Edit: Fixed the typo in the tags.

 

[RiddledWithFilth]

Yes, but no. There's no need to delete the whole file when you can just reset the dictionary.

To OP:
Open the console SHIFT + [/icode]o[/icode]
Type persistent._seen_ever = {}
And it's done.

Oh, thank you very much, gonna have to bookmark this post

 

[jmccity]

Yes, but no. There's no need to delete the whole file when you can just reset the dictionary.

To OP:
Open the console SHIFT + o
Type persistent._seen_ever = {}
And it's done.


Edit: Fixed the typo in the tags.

Sorry to get back so late but I found this thread after encountering the same issue of wanting to redo but I realized quickly that it seemingly made it impossible to make new seen texts so I can not see the differences in multiple paths by holding the skip button. Is there a way to fix this or just reset the seen data instead of turning it off like this command seems to have done?

 

[RiddledWithFilth]

Sorry to get back so late but I found this thread after encountering the same issue of wanting to redo but I realized quickly that it seemingly made it impossible to make new seen texts so I can not see the differences in multiple paths by holding the skip button. Is there a way to fix this or just reset the seen data instead of turning it off like this command seems to have done?

I hope I'm understanding your question correctly - so if you want to completely wipe the history of line you've seen in a Renpy game you need to delete 2 directories as they seem to replicate each other (If you delete only one, the remaining one automatically gets copied to the place of the other one).

This replication seems to happen as soon as you launch the game, so it's important to follow both steps before launching it, as launching it in-between would result in whichever step you did take being undone.

Keep in mind, though, that this also deletes any saves you've made, couldn't get it to work any other way...

First Step: delete the "saves" folder together with everything inside which is located in the "game" directory which, in turn, can be found right next to the Executable file to launch the game itself.

Second Step: you need to navigate to the Renpy Folder in your AppData Directory, which can be found if you paste the following path into your explorer (including the percentage symbols):
%appdata%\RenPy
From there you need to find the folder that has the most similar name to your game and just delete that one.

Sorry if my English is a bit rough, It's not my main language - if anything is unclear don't hesitate to ask.