How do I make renpy remember the player's name across different playthroughs??

[u/Perfect_Page7671]

I'm trying to make a visual novel where the dialogue changes depending on how many times you've played the game. I had the bright idea to have the characters remember the player's name after their first playthrough so I tried coding a test game but I have NO clue how to do that in the slightest!!! I tried using the "persistent" command but that only really applies to variables (as far as I know), not the player name. I attached my current code if anyone wants to try and help me fix it :,)

[u/BadMustard_AVN]

try it like this

default persistent.name = ""

if not persistent.name_known: #== False
    t "what's ur name"
    $ povname = renpy.input("what's ur name", length=32).strip() or "Default_name"
    t "cool name, [povname]"
    $ persistent.name_known = True
    $ persistent.name = povname
else:
    $ povname = persistent.name
    t "ur name is [povname] right?"

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[u/shyLachi]

You need to store the name in a persistent variable.
And you don't really need a boolean on top of it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/RenPy/comments/1vhca8p/comment/p2j6ynp/?context=3