[SOLVED] SpriteManager() and im.Composite()

[Milkymalk]

I want to dynamically create a sprite for a minigame using im.Composite. This is the code so far, and my problem is that apparently my sprite is blank.

(1) is how I get the game to display something at all.
(2) is a SIMPLE composite that already doesn't show anything.
(3) is how I want it to be, obviously it doesn't work either.

My guess is that SpriteManager() doesn't work with composites, but that would baffle me since im.Composite() can, at least in Ren'py code, used just like a file name in image declarations.

I know I can use animations I declared using normal Ren'py script in sprites, like this:

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    image blinkball:
        "gfx/ball_0.png"
        pause 0.1
        "gfx/ball_1.png"
        pause 0.1

So why not im.Composite() when it obviously returns a displayable?

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init python:
    class Game(object):
        class Sprite(object):
            def __init__(self, name):
                self.name = name
                
        class ShipClass(Sprite):
            allships = 'shmup/gfx/ships.png'
            shipcolor1 = 'shmup/gfx/shipcolor1.png'
            shipcolor2 = 'shmup/gfx/shipcolor2.png'
            def __init__(self, name, sprite, color, speed):
                self.speed = speed
#                self.sprite = allships            #(1)
                self.sprite = im.Composite(     #(2)
                    (0, 0),
                    (0, 0), self.allships)
#                self.sprite = im.Composite(   #(3)
#                    (0, 0),
#                    (0, 0), im.Crop(self.allships, (sprite*66, 0, 66, 64)), 
#                    (0, 0), im.MatrixColor(im.Crop(self.shipcolor1, (sprite*66, 0, 66, 64)), im.matrix.tint(color[0], color[1], color[2])))
                Sprite.__init__(name)
        
        # initiate spritemanager:
        def __init__(self):
            self.ships = SpriteManager()
            self.ship_sprites = [ ]
            self.ship_list = [ ]
            self.ship_list.append(self.ShipClass('Viper', 0, (1.0, 0.5, 0.0), 5))
            self.ship_sprites.append(self.ships.create(self.ship_list[0].sprite))
        
        def showships(self):
            renpy.show('ship', what=self.ships)
            self.ship_list[0].x = 0.5
            self.ship_list[0].y = 0.5

define e = Character('Eileen', color="#c8ffc8")

# The game starts here.
label start:
    $ shmup = Game()
    $ shmup.showships()
    e "You've created a new Ren'Py game."

[xela]

Your are supposed to use animations with im.Composite, try LiveComposite instead. I've also read somewhere that under modern Ren'Py, LiveComposite is always preferable due to better performance.

PS: "class ShipClass" (class statement is kind of a dead giveaway that Ship is a class)

[Milkymalk]

No, I'm not using an animation with im.Composite()... that was just an example what I already did with SpriteManager(). I'm actually cropping an image, tinting it, and then making a composite out of it to provide as displayable for a sprite in the sprite manager.

PS: Yes, ShipClass is more a personal reminder for me that it's a class

EDIT:
Using LiveComposite instead of im.Composite worked!

[xela]

Using LiveComposite instead of im.Composite worked!

I guess that SpriteManager thing requires displayable, not images, but as long as it's working