gamedata->everseenspecial

Record whether you've ever successfully entered a special stage
Used for conditions which were previously checking for whether you'd completed a special stage - which I think is a bit too restrictive for someone figuring out what next to lab

src/g_game.c

@@ -3926,6 +3926,13 @@ static void G_GetNextMap(void)
 						grandprixinfo.eventmode = GPEVENT_SPECIAL;
 						nextmap = cupLevelNum;
 						newgametype = G_GuessGametypeByTOL(mapheaderinfo[cupLevelNum]->typeoflevel);
+
+						if (gamedata->everseenspecial == false)
+						{
+							gamedata->everseenspecial = true;
+							M_UpdateUnlockablesAndExtraEmblems(true);
+							G_SaveGameData(true);
+						}
 					}
 				}
 			}
@@ -4583,6 +4590,7 @@ void G_LoadGameData(void)
 
 		gamedata->everloadedaddon = (boolean)READUINT8(save.p);
 		gamedata->eversavedreplay = (boolean)READUINT8(save.p);
+		gamedata->everseenspecial = (boolean)READUINT8(save.p);
 	}
 	else
 	{
@@ -4796,7 +4804,8 @@ void G_SaveGameData(boolean dirty)
 	length = (4+1+4+4+
 		(4*GDGT_MAX)+
 		4+1+1+1+1+
-		1+1+1+4+
+		1+1+1+1+
+		4+
 		(MAXEMBLEMS+(MAXUNLOCKABLES*2)+MAXCONDITIONSETS)+
 		4+2);
 
@@ -4846,6 +4855,7 @@ void G_SaveGameData(boolean dirty)
 
 	WRITEUINT8(save.p, gamedata->everloadedaddon); // 1
 	WRITEUINT8(save.p, gamedata->eversavedreplay); // 1
+	WRITEUINT8(save.p, gamedata->everseenspecial); // 1
 
 	WRITEUINT32(save.p, quickncasehash(timeattackfolder, 64));
 

src/m_cond.c

@@ -527,6 +527,7 @@ void M_ClearStats(void)
 
 	gamedata->everloadedaddon = false;
 	gamedata->eversavedreplay = false;
+	gamedata->everseenspecial = false;
 	gamedata->crashflags = 0;
 }
 
@@ -1139,7 +1140,7 @@ static const char *M_GetConditionString(condition_t *cn)
 		case UCRP_PREFIX_BREAKTHECAPSULES:
 			return "BREAK THE CAPSULES:";
 		case UCRP_PREFIX_SEALEDSTAR:
-			if (gamedata->roundsplayed[GDGT_SPECIAL] == 0)
+			if (!gamedata->everseenspecial)
 				return NULL;
 			return "SEALED STARS:";
 

src/m_cond.h

@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ struct gamedata_t
 	// SPECIFIC SPECIAL EVENTS
 	boolean everloadedaddon;
 	boolean eversavedreplay;
+	boolean everseenspecial;
 	UINT8 crashflags;
 };