How do I maintain the same position across layouts?

Im making a game in which the character switches between the past and present on keypress, to get to the exit via portals. my question is , how do i get the character to stay in the same place as when you pressed the key after switching layouts? currently it just goes to the default position.

If both layout are identical in size, when one layout ends, store the player X and Y in a global variable. (system, set value A to player.x; system, set value B to player.y)

Then on the next layout, on "start of layout" set the player.x and .y to the global variable number (player, set X to valueA; player, set Y to valueB)

Think that should do it

the player can switch between layouts at any time to solve the puzzles. this will work for it?

that's exactly what global variables are for, they persist throughout the entire project.

you can have them on one eventsheet, and since they are "global" you can even access them from another eventsheet no problem. meaning all global variables are shared form every single part of the project <img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_e_biggrin.gif" alt=":D" title="Very Happy">

https://www.scirra.com/tutorials/804/co ... -variables

thanks a lot.