Add setup_ending. Endings are now determined and setup the moment branching is required.

game/script/11.school-assignment-and-route-lock.rpy

@@ -447,10 +447,11 @@ label chapter_11:
     #Naser Drama
     #THIS SECTION IS SCORE DEPENDENT
 
-    # Doomer ending skips this segment
-    $ ending_score = get_ending()
+    # Determine ending and set up ending chapters
+    $ setup_ending(get_ending())
 
-    if ending_score == 2:
+    # Doomer ending skips this segment
+    if ending_route_number == 2:
         stop music fadeout 3
         pause 2
         jump lPromAnnouncement
@@ -586,9 +587,9 @@ label chapter_11:
     Nas "Don’t take it the wrong way, but my mind just screamed at me ‘worst case scenario’."
     pause .5
 
-    if ending_score == 4: # Golden
+    if ending_route_number == 4: # Golden
         jump lSortingThings
-    elif ending_score == 3: # tradwife
+    elif ending_route_number == 3: # tradwife
         jump lMendingThings
     else:
         jump lBreakingThings # All else fails, go to shooter.
@@ -5212,7 +5213,7 @@ label chapter_11:
     pause .5
 
     
-    if ending_score == 3: # tradwife
+    if ending_route_number == 3: # tradwife
 
         "Things are going pretty well. When we discount Trish’s weekly attempt to talk with Fang."
 
@@ -5467,7 +5468,7 @@ label chapter_11:
     "{cps=*.1}...{/cps}"
 
     # skip this segment if we're doing ending 1
-    if ending_score == 1: #shooter
+    if ending_route_number == 1: #shooter
         $ next_story_chapter()
     
     # the following segment makes sense in the context of 11B+11C+11D

game/src/chapter_variables.rpy

@@ -25,3 +25,4 @@ default current_chapter = chapter_list[chapter_list_index] # Store the name of t
 
 # What ending we're on
 default ending_route_number = None # A value of None signals to get_ending() to determine the value based off anon/fang scores when it is called
+default ending_chapters_determined = False

game/src/storyline.rpy

@@ -13,25 +13,17 @@ init -1 python:
 
 init python:
     def next_story_chapter():
-        global chapter_list_index, current_chapter, chapter_list, ending_route_number, is_end_reached, chapter_list_length
-
-        # Add check "is_end_reached" to have this if statement be executed only once when finishing the general chapters
-        if not is_end_reached and chapter_list_index >= chapter_list_length:
-            # Add ending chapters
-            ending_route_number = get_ending()
-            if route_number in ending_routes:
-                chapter_list.extend(ending_routes[ending_route_number])
-
-            # Updates variables for newly extended 'chapter_list' with ending chapters
-            chapter_list_length = len(chapter_list) - 1 # chapter_list_length is updated to reflect the addition to the chapter_list array
-            is_end_reached = True
-
+        global chapter_list_index, current_chapter, chapter_list, ending_route_number, chapter_list_length, ending_chapters_determined
 
         if chapter_list_index < chapter_list_length:
             chapter_list_index += 1
             current_chapter = chapter_list[chapter_list_index]
             renpy.call(current_chapter)
 
+        # Safeguard if setup_ending wasn't called somehow
+        elif not ending_chapters_determined:
+            setup_ending(get_ending())
+
         # We're at an ending
         else:
             ending_image()
@@ -40,3 +32,14 @@ init python:
                 renpy.quit()
             else:
                 renpy.call("lending")
+
+    def setup_ending(ending):
+        global ending_route_number, chapter_list, chapter_list_length, ending_chapters_determined
+
+        ending_route_number = ending
+
+        # Add ending chapters
+        chapter_list.extend(ending_routes[ending_route_number])
+        chapter_list_length = len(chapter_list) - 1 # chapter_list_length is updated to reflect the addition to the chapter_list array
+
+        ending_chapters_determined = True