The *allow_reuse command is only used to counter an overriding *hide_reuse command at the top of a scene.
Usage
The *hide_reuse command, if used at the top of a scene without indentation (as seen in the example below), prevents any *choice options -- anywhere in this same scene -- from being selected a second time in those instances where your scripting loops back (*goto home in the example below) to again display the same *choice list.
However, in those cases where you do intend for a particular *choice option to be selectable more than once regardless, preceding that option with *allow_reuse will enable this, as in the following example:
*hide_reuse
*label Home
What do you want to do next?
*choice
*allow_reuse #Eat some food.
You eat some food and feel refreshed.
*goto Home
#Sleep.
You're not tired enough!
*goto Home
#Go outside.
It's raining outside so you decide to stay inside.
*goto Home
In the above example, the "Sleep" and "Go outside" options will not be displayed again once selected by the player (due to the overriding *hide_reuse command) but the "Eat some food" option will always be selectable when this *choice option list is displayed, due to the specific *allow_reuse command for that option.
Note
Confused? For a clearer understanding of the purpose of *hide/*allow, it would probably be best to approach this topic from the point of view of the more-detailed *hide_reuse command, as *allow_reuse is the minor exception, not the main command for this purpose.
| More commands / functions | |
| Choice | *choice, *fake_choice, *disable_reuse, *hide_reuse, *allow_reuse, *selectable_if |
|---|---|
| Variable | *create, *temp, *set, Arithmetic operators, *delete, *input_number, *input_text, *print, *rand |
| Conditional | *if, *elseif, *else, Multireplace |
| Goto | *label, *goto, *goto_scene, *goto_random_scene, *gosub, *gosub_scene, *finish |
| Formatting | Bold text, Italic text, *image, *line_break, *page_break, *link, *stat_chart |
| Miscellaneous | *comment, *scene_list, *title, *author, *achieve, *achievement, *check_achievements, *bug, *ending, *more_games, *share_this_game, *show_password, *script, Implicit Control Flow |