Going back and forth between scenes

[system]

Hi, I’m developing a game where I need to go back and forth between two scenes.

Something like Henry Hatsworth in the Puzzling Adventure on the DS and Legend of fae on PC. Where I have a visual/battle part (scene 1) and a puzzle part (scene 2).

I tried working with 2 scenes and switching between them using

Application.LoadLevel(1);

I even used static values in the start function to make sure that my variable don’t get initialized every time I switch. However, every time I switch

// I forgot to add the static here 
private static bool firstTimeHere;
void Start()
{
	if (firstTimeHere == true)
	{
			//initlizations
	}
}

However, I keep getting problems like null references and the prefabs that were instantiated are gone.

Is there is a better way to do this? Or is there is a way to make the prefabs stay?

Thanks in advance

[Berenger]

firstTimeHere isn’t static, just private. You need to declare “private static bool firstTimeHere;”.

Now, maybe you can have both parts, puzzle and battle, in the same scene and witch between them with activate/deactivate, and two cameras etc ?