[foxAsteria]

@Reno.thestraws

once again, thanks for taking the time to look into this for me! i'm away from my computer half the week, so i'm just checking this out now. yea i misunderstood/didn't see the s&m dummy toggles. i thought you meant "dummy toggle":
no-op
-step-
no-op
which was what my "flag" CAs were

this should help. i'm still playing around with it, but i think we're closer. as far as my goal:
any used save button should stay lit unless i "reset" or turn them off manually. only need the load buttons exclusive, so the last loaded slot is indicated.

hard part is getting it perfect. e.g. cant find a way to make the load buttons rely on the save buttons. i'd prefer them to do nothing (not even light up) unless the corresponding save state has been used. i was trying to use the flags for this (save, set flag x; load if flag x), but the fake excl toggle buttons don't work right if i add "step, no-op" and use fake toggle or if i put "if flag x" at the top.

it's totally useable now though, so this is the only remaining niggle...