Custom volume menu and saving master volume outside the sidebar in Harlowe Audio Library

Authoring Twine
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Twine Version: 2.8.1.0

Hello, I’ve been playing around with the harlowe audio library and apologies if this is a silly question but I have been trying to make my own volume settings because I do not want to use the sidebar provided but the issue is that if I do something like this:

Volume: {(link-repeat:"Mute")[
                (masteraudio: 'volume', 0)
]  
(link-repeat:"MAX")[
                (masteraudio: 'volume', 1)
]}

It will not save the user preference as it does on the sidebar.

Any help would be appreciated. Apologies if this has been discussed before and I was not as thorough in my search as I thought.

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sorry for the thread resurrect but I still cannot figure it out, it’s harlowe 3.3.8

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In order to save the volume setting, you must assign it to a story variable.

I do not have the audio library installed so this is just an educated guess:

(if: $changedVolume is true)[
     (masteraudio: 'volume', $volume)
]
Volume: {(link-repeat:"Mute")[
     (set: $changedVolume to true)
     (set: $volume to 0)
     (masteraudio: 'volume', 0)
]  
(link-repeat:"MAX")[
     (set: $changedVolume to true)
     (set: $volume to 1)
     (masteraudio: 'volume', 1)
]}

The two story variables $changedVolume and $volume should persist when the story is saved/loaded. The (if:) macro will only set the volume if the user changed it manually.

Hopefully this leads you in the right direction.

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this would work great if it were possible to have the variable be saved independently of the game save, without the location in the story itself being saved. I think I have a hunch how to do that but I appreciate any input.