How to restart other room

[John Ashmore]

I have a 1 room non-scrolling game, but have made a room for game over screen and a game start menu screen. I am trying to restart the game [rm_play] from the "Game Over" screen. If I go to the room using:
room_goto(rm_play);
the game is over and it bounces back to the "Game Over" screen.
Is there a way I can send the user from one room to a game play room and restart that game play room at the same time?

 

[John Andrews]

Is the room persistent or not? If it is, then that may be a reason why it is bouncing back to the game over screen, if that doesn't work, you'd have to use global variables

PS: lol, another John XD