init order

[Longknight]

Hello all , i need some help

i am trying to work thru some code to understand renpy and python better an i keep coming across the follow at different points in the files

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init -2:

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init -6 python:

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init:

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init -10 python:

now i know its something to do with initialising values or python code before the game starts(i think) , but do the numbers indicate some kind of order?
If someone could explain it to me or point me in the right direction that would be great

[Asceai]

Yes.
Lower values are executed first.

All the 'init priority' statements ("image", "define", "style" etc.), unless they appear in an init block, are implicitly init 0.

[Longknight]

Thank you for that, i couldn't find it anywhere i looked

Out of curiosity, are there certain things that should be initialized before or after certain things or is it pretty much up to the coder?

[Donmai]

No matter how many '.rpy' script files you put inside your game folder, Ren'Py will treat them as a single big script file, and will try to execute things in this order: python early, init (-900 to 900), splashscreen, label start.

[Longknight]

Excellent, Thank you for that