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by HEXdidnt
Wed Jan 24, 2024 5:01 pm
Forum: Ren'Py Questions and Announcements
Topic: Voice audio versus the wait tag
Replies: 13
Views: 2129

Re: [Solved] Voice audio versus the wait tag

This should be fixed as of Ren'Py 7.4.9. I've been experimenting with v8.1.3 today, and this issue has crept back in - anytime I break dialogue with a {nw} tag, then continue with extend , the text stops dead until the voice line finishes. EDIT: As before, switching from voice to play sound fixes t...
by HEXdidnt
Tue Dec 19, 2023 12:29 pm
Forum: Asset Creation: Music, Sound, and Movies
Topic: Voice Acting by AI
Replies: 1
Views: 5325

Voice Acting by AI

One of the things I'm keen to add into my current project (and future projects, hopefully) is voice acting. However, I'm not currently in a position to commission a VA to speak the lines of one character, let alone all of them. Initially, I looked into self-voicing, but it appears as though that wou...
by HEXdidnt
Sun Oct 24, 2021 1:06 pm
Forum: Ren'Py Questions and Announcements
Topic: Voice audio versus the wait tag
Replies: 13
Views: 2129

Re: [Solved] Voice audio versus the wait tag

Following PyTom's announcement of 7.4.10, I've downloaded the latest release and retried with all the voice lines activated with voice rather than play sound, all the {w=...} and {nw} tags put back in, and it's all working as expected. Great stuff!
by HEXdidnt
Sun Oct 24, 2021 1:01 pm
Forum: Ren'Py Questions and Announcements
Topic: Ren'Py 7.4.10 Released
Replies: 13
Views: 6238

Re: Ren'Py 7.4.10 Released

PyTom wrote: Sat Oct 23, 2021 9:46 pm There are also several fixes to the way voice interacts with text with pauses
Awesome - just downloaded and tried it, and the issue I raised in another thread has been fixed. Much appreciated, PyTom!
by HEXdidnt
Sat Oct 23, 2021 3:43 pm
Forum: Ren'Py Questions and Announcements
Topic: How to display certain images on a conditional?
Replies: 5
Views: 509

Re: How to display certain images on a conditional?

I was about to ask a similar question, but my question is about alternate character images depending on choices made by the player. Basically, I have a character who is supposed to be wearing one of three outfits, depending on earlier player choices. This may be overkill for what you're trying to a...
by HEXdidnt
Fri Oct 22, 2021 2:03 pm
Forum: Asset Creation: Writing
Topic: How would you write a crying scene?
Replies: 9
Views: 4472

Re: How would you write a crying scene?

No worries - I hope it was useful. Another aspect that's occurred to me is that, when a child starts crying, they will also sometimes find themselves fighting for breath. That is to say, more energy is going into ex haling (to make noise) than in haling and, again, it's pretty much outside of their ...
by HEXdidnt
Wed Oct 20, 2021 5:37 pm
Forum: Ren'Py Questions and Announcements
Topic: Set Max and Min for variables
Replies: 3
Views: 405

Re: Set Max and Min for variables

I can see a couple of potential reasons... I think when querying a variable with an if , it needs to be formatted as <= or >=, not just < or >. Then, setting a variable to a new value, it has to be preceeded with a $, so: if rowan_nerve <= 0: $ rowan_nerve = 0 elif rowan_nerve >= 100: $ rowan_nerve ...
by HEXdidnt
Wed Oct 20, 2021 2:56 am
Forum: Ren'Py Questions and Announcements
Topic: [Successfully Bypassed] Atom/Java errors after Ren'Py update
Replies: 3
Views: 480

Re: [Successfully Bypassed] Atom/Java errors after Ren'Py update

OK, so I finally managed to get the Atom folder within my Ren'Py folder deleted. At this point, the standalone version of Ren'Py suddenly started acting like a fresh installation - no record of the folder(s) I'd been working with previously, and .rpy files had to be manually assigned to it again . H...
by HEXdidnt
Mon Oct 18, 2021 5:07 pm
Forum: Ren'Py Questions and Announcements
Topic: [Successfully Bypassed] Atom/Java errors after Ren'Py update
Replies: 3
Views: 480

Re: Atom/Java errors after Ren'Py update

That's exactly what I've done for the time being. Weirdly, not only does Ren'Py not want to acknowledge it with the Editor set to 'Atom', but it also won't use it with 'System Editor' selected and .rpy files assigned to the standalone version. Makes it a bit slower to work with, but at least Atom re...
by HEXdidnt
Mon Oct 18, 2021 11:21 am
Forum: Ren'Py Questions and Announcements
Topic: Voice audio versus the wait tag
Replies: 13
Views: 2129

Re: Voice audio versus the wait tag

Another, possibly related symptom: I started removing the # from all the voice lines and switching to play sound wherever I'd added a {w} tag or broken a line for sprite animation purposes, and all that's now working smoothly. But then there's a point where I show a bunch of new sprites after initia...
by HEXdidnt
Mon Oct 18, 2021 9:49 am
Forum: Ren'Py Questions and Announcements
Topic: [Successfully Bypassed] Atom/Java errors after Ren'Py update
Replies: 3
Views: 480

[Successfully Bypassed] Atom/Java errors after Ren'Py update

I updated to the most recent version of Ren'Py yesterday - 7.4.9.2142 - and was able to carry on working immediately... However, today, when I try to edit an .rpy file or open Atom idependently, I get this error pop-up: Atom Error.png Figured I might need to update Atom as well, so I tried deleting ...
by HEXdidnt
Mon Oct 18, 2021 8:50 am
Forum: Asset Creation: Writing
Topic: How would you write a crying scene?
Replies: 9
Views: 4472

Re: How would you write a crying scene?

Assuming you're aiming to write from the child's point of view, that's a really tricky one. As children, we don't (normally) make the conscious decision to cry as a result of the kind of shock and/or injury you describe, nor is there any self-reflection while crying... It's a mostly automatic reacti...
by HEXdidnt
Mon Oct 18, 2021 4:51 am
Forum: Ren'Py Questions and Announcements
Topic: Voice audio versus the wait tag
Replies: 13
Views: 2129

Re: Voice audio versus the wait tag

Coincidentally, I'd updated to 7.4.9.2142 during the day yesterday, ahead of my post. The issue appears to remain where text is paused with the {w} tag, and where I used the {nw} tag to make changes in a sprite mid-dialogue, followed by an extend to continue the text. However, just this morning, I t...
by HEXdidnt
Sun Oct 17, 2021 6:32 pm
Forum: Ren'Py Questions and Announcements
Topic: Voice audio versus the wait tag
Replies: 13
Views: 2129

Re: Voice audio versus the wait tag

No luck with the code suggested by Jeffster, but I have found a kind of workaround. Where I originally had: voice "narration001.mp3" "Nothing can prepare you for... {w=0.75}my dramatic pause!" I've substituted the following: voice "narration001.mp3" "Nothing can pr...
by HEXdidnt
Sat Oct 16, 2021 3:49 pm
Forum: Asset Creation: Writing
Topic: Looking for feedback on a story idea
Replies: 6
Views: 4386

Re: Looking for feedback on a story idea

Hello everyone! I'm new to these forums, and also new to the visual novel scene. I want to write a visual novel, and I have an idea and a loose outline, but I have a hard time knowing if the idea is worth pursuing or not, or what I would have to do to make it work. If this isn't an appropriate plac...