Linking trouble

Discussion in 'Site Feedback' started by cphi, Jul 12, 2019.

  1. cphi

    cphi Virgin

    I'm trying to link a chapter in my story, and it just does not appear in the list of chapters when I start typing the name. Any thoughts? Other chapters were able to find this chapter and link it.
     
  2. cphi

    cphi Virgin

    okay a little troubleshooting and I think it's because the destination chapter is itself a link to a another chapter. If this is the cause of the problem it's a bummer because I kind of needed it to work that way for what I'm doing. Trying to avoid an unnecessary buffer chapter with no meaningful text in it, but I guess the system isn't robust enough for what I want.
     
  3. gene.sis

    gene.sis CHYOA Guru

    You shouldn't do that.

    It would be possible to allow that, though then you could create endless loops.

    Though you don't need an empty chapter in between.
    E.g.
    What you have:
    You have a linking chapter A which does "score + 5" and links to destination chapter C.​

    What you want to do:
    Having a linking chapter B ("score - 3") which links to linking chapter A ("score + 5) which links to destination chapter C.​

    How to do the same:
    Option 1:
    Create a linking chapter B which links to destination chapter C with score changes
    - "score + 2"​
    Option 2:
    Create a linking chapter B which links to destination chapter Cwith score changes
    - "score -3"
    - "score +5"​
    (The only difference is that you also have to update linking chapter B if you change Score Changes of linking chapter A)