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Tomoya
 Post subject: Choices? HELP! :(
PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:44 am 
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Ok so...I'm new and stuff so that's why I need help with the choices thing. I've used the code in the wiki and the help.html. But I always get exceptions and stuff. I just want a simple "Ignore" as choice 1 or "Apologize" as choice 2. I also want it at the bottom of the screen where the text is, instead of in the middle of the screen. (If possible)

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PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:47 am 
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For putting it in the textbox: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=10493

You should post your code so we can tell you why you're getting the exceptions, but this is the general coding for something like that:

Code:
    menu:
        "Ignore":
            "He ignored the guy."
        "Apologize":
            "He apologized to the guy."

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 Post subject: Re: Choices? HELP! :(
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Camille wrote:
For putting it in the textbox: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=10493

You should post your code so we can tell you why you're getting the exceptions, but this is the general coding for something like that:

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Code:
    menu:
        "Ignore":
            "He ignored the guy."
        "Apologize":
            "He apologized to the guy."


Ahh...Thanks! But...the thing I want is like this one: http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/doc/tutorials/Remembering_User_Choices
Where it remembers the choice for later on. But I get this exception when I use it:

Code:
File "game/script.rpy", line 14: menu statement expects a non-empty block.
    menu:
        ^

File "game/script.rpy", line 15: expected statement.
    "Buy her an Iguana":
                       ^

File "game/script.rpy", line 18: expected statement.
    "Buy her a Corn Snake":
                          ^

File "game/script.rpy", line 21: expected statement.
    "Buy her a tortoise":
                        ^

Ren'Py Version: Ren'Py 6.12.1.1501


Sorry im new to ren'py :(


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 Post subject: Re: Choices? HELP! :(
PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 3:59 am 
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Did you intent the choices? It actually matters here, so

Code:
    menu:
        "Ignore":
            "He ignored the guy."
        "Apologize":
            "He apologized to the guy."

is different from
Code:
    menu:
    "Ignore":
    "He ignored the guy."
    "Apologize":
    "He apologized to the guy."


(posting the code you're using would help greatly)

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 Post subject: Re: Choices? HELP! :(
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Gumaster wrote:
Did you intent the choices? It actually matters here, so

Code:
    menu:
        "Ignore":
            "He ignored the guy."
        "Apologize":
            "He apologized to the guy."

is different from
Code:
    menu:
    "Ignore":
    "He ignored the guy."
    "Apologize":
    "He apologized to the guy."


(posting the code you're using would help greatly)


Ok...the code im using is the one from http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/doc/tutorials/Remembering_User_Choices

I didn't edit it or anything yet. I just pasted into a new project.

Here's code:

Code:
label start:
   
    menu:
    "Buy her an Iguana":
        $ gift = "iguana"
        b "I'll take an iguana, my good man!"
    "Buy her a Corn Snake":
        $ gift = "corn snake"
        b "I'll take a Corn Snake, my good man!"
    "Buy her a tortoise":
        $ gift = "tortoise"
        b "Give me your slowest tortoise, please!"
       
        b "Open it, Mary."
if gift == "iguana":
    m "Oh Bob, I've always wanted an iguana!"
if gift == "corn snake":
    m "Oh Bob, I needed a corn snake that matches my red dress! Thank you so much!"
if gift == "tortoise":
    m "Bob! It's so slow! I love you!"


I know I probably did something wrong because im new :( (P.S.: these arent the choices I want in my game, just default choice's lol)
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 Post subject: Re: Choices? HELP! :(
PostPosted: Fri Jun 17, 2011 4:08 am 
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See, you didn't indent properly. It should be like:

Code:
label start:
   
    menu:
        "Buy her an Iguana":
            $ gift = "iguana"
            b "I'll take an iguana, my good man!"
        "Buy her a Corn Snake":
            $ gift = "corn snake"
            b "I'll take a Corn Snake, my good man!"
        "Buy her a tortoise":
            $ gift = "tortoise"
            b "Give me your slowest tortoise, please!"
            b "Open it, Mary."
    if gift == "iguana":
        m "Oh Bob, I've always wanted an iguana!"
    elif gift == "corn snake":
        m "Oh Bob, I needed a corn snake that matches my red dress! Thank you so much!"
    elif gift == "tortoise":
        m "Bob! It's so slow! I love you!"


Also, make sure you have all of those variables defined in an init block. Like Gumaster said, indentation really matters.

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 Post subject: Re: Choices? HELP! :(
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Camille wrote:
See, you didn't indent properly. It should be like:

Code:
label start:
   
    menu:
        "Buy her an Iguana":
            $ gift = "iguana"
            b "I'll take an iguana, my good man!"
        "Buy her a Corn Snake":
            $ gift = "corn snake"
            b "I'll take a Corn Snake, my good man!"
        "Buy her a tortoise":
            $ gift = "tortoise"
            b "Give me your slowest tortoise, please!"
            b "Open it, Mary."
    if gift == "iguana":
        m "Oh Bob, I've always wanted an iguana!"
    if gift == "corn snake":
        m "Oh Bob, I needed a corn snake that matches my red dress! Thank you so much!"
    if gift == "tortoise":
        m "Bob! It's so slow! I love you!"


Also, make sure you have all of those variables defined in an init block.


OHHHHH...Thanks! It's working now. But how do I know how much to indent and stuff? And the options appeared in middle of screen even with the code from that link you gave me a few minutes ago. :(
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 Post subject: Re: Choices? HELP! :(
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You're not supposed to actually just copy and paste the code from the link, you have to follow the instructions. The code is just there as a guide to let you know what part of your code you need to change.

More about indentation: http://renpy.org/doc/html/language_basi ... and-blocks

An indent in Ren'Py is 4 spaces. Generally when you have something with a colon, whatever follows it has to be four spaces over like:

Code:
label start:
    menu:
        "Option here":
            "Text here."


See how you add four spaces each time as you get "deeper" into the code?

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 Post subject: Re: Choices? HELP! :(
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Camille wrote:
You're not supposed to actually just copy and paste the code from the link, you have to follow the instructions. The code is just there as a guide to let you know what part of your code you need to change.

More about indentation: http://renpy.org/doc/html/language_basi ... and-blocks

An indent in Ren'Py is 4 spaces. Generally when you have something with a colon, whatever follows it has to be four spaces over like:

Code:
label start:
    menu:
        "Option here":
            "Text here."


See how you add four spaces each time as you get "deeper" into the code?


Lol...Thanks your really good at ren'py coding! :)
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Haha I'm not really. Note my join date: I haven't been doing this for very long, I just read a lot. Coding properly takes a lot of trial and error, a lot of reading, and a lot of patience.

Anyway, best of luck!

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I have constant trouble with knowing when to indent where and how much! Thank you Camille for taking some time to give an example. I know that's not really the purpose of this thread, but as I was reading, I had quite an aha moment!
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Ionait wrote:
I have constant trouble with knowing when to indent where and how much! Thank you Camille for taking some time to give an example. I know that's not really the purpose of this thread, but as I was reading, I had quite an aha moment!

I love those aha moments! (: I think using the whole "if there's a colon, the next line has to be 4 spaces over" idea as a golden rule is pretty good, and then you just remember that everything in that block is indented the same. Once you're done putting all the things in a menu, for example, then you go back to the same indentation as the "menu:" part for the next block. Iiiif that makes sense. :D

I think that like a good chunk of the problems posted about in Ren'Py Help tend to be actually be problems with indentation, so it's an important concept. XD

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Camille wrote:
I love those aha moments! (: I think using the whole "if there's a colon, the next line has to be 4 spaces over" idea as a golden rule is pretty good, and then you just remember that everything in that block is indented the same. Once you're done putting all the things in a menu, for example, then you go back to the same indentation as the "menu:" part for the next block. Iiiif that makes sense. :D

I think that like a good chunk of the problems posted about in Ren'Py Help tend to be actually be problems with indentation, so it's an important concept. XD


Thank you, my Hero! Well, I encountered another trouble, maybe you can help me?

So, I was trying it out and it worked for the first time, yeah I never knew the 4-Lines-Rule, so I'm guessing now it's somehow clear why it didn't worked.

Anyways, my problem is that the Choice's are within the textbox, so what should I do to place it in the middle of the screen like in every Visual Novel you normally read?

Thank you, please (someone) answer me !
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Zypharium wrote:
Thank you, my Hero! Well, I encountered another trouble, maybe you can help me?

So, I was trying it out and it worked for the first time, yeah I never knew the 4-Lines-Rule, so I'm guessing now it's somehow clear why it didn't worked.

Anyways, my problem is that the Choice's are within the textbox, so what should I do to place it in the middle of the screen like in every Visual Novel you normally read?

Thank you, please (someone) answer me !


If you look around renpy.org, you can find a lot of this stuff you may be asking.
Anyway, just copy this code onto your options tab, and it'll appear.
I'm not common with renpy and changing the layout of the button, so this is all i know. sorry.

Code:
    # Layouts
   
    ## This enables the use of an in-game menu that is made out of
    ## buttons.

    layout.button_menu()

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Zypharium wrote:
Thank you, my Hero! Well, I encountered another trouble, maybe you can help me?

So, I was trying it out and it worked for the first time, yeah I never knew the 4-Lines-Rule, so I'm guessing now it's somehow clear why it didn't worked.

Anyways, my problem is that the Choice's are within the textbox, so what should I do to place it in the middle of the screen like in every Visual Novel you normally read?

Thank you, please (someone) answer me !

0_o I'm not sure why your choices are within the textbox, because by default they should be in the middle of the screen. Are you using the menu code? (menu = choices)

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