I need serious help!

[KatKry]

Well, I'm new to making visual novels and I've got things like dialogue and music down but there's one thing that doesn't work...the bloody pictures! Ya can't have a visual novel without pictures, now, can you? So, I need serious help
I don't know what I'm doing wrong though. Here, let me give you an example of what I do and see if I'm doing it wrong. I used a simple picture of my dog for practice.

image bg SDC10007 = "SDC10007"

Then when I want to put it in I write

scene bg SDC10007
with fade

But no matter what I do it alwasy says Exception: Couldn't find file 'SDC10007'. but that's what the file's called so how does it not work!?

Anyone, please help!

[PETpro]

You forgot the file extension.

"SDC10007" means literally "SDC10007" file, not "SDC10007.png" or anything.

Use "SDC10007.jpg" or "SDC10007.png" instead (depending on image extension.)

[KatKry]

I did that but then it says 'Undefined image' TT-TT

[Blue Lemma]

Did you put the extension like this?

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image bg SDC10007 = "SDC10007.jpg"

or

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image bg SDC10007 = "SDC10007.png"

(depending on what type of file it is)

Then later you can do:

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scene bg SDC10007

and it should look for the file that you specified.

[JinzouTamashii]

Caps matter.

simple.JPG and simple.jpg are two different things.

[KatKry]

I tried all of it! None of it works! Maybe my computer just hates me?

[JinzouTamashii]

Post a ZIP file of your build or script.rpy so we can look at it.

[KatKry]

Like I said, new to this so I have no idea how to do that yet >.>
But this is some of what I've done anyway if this helps.


init:

# Declare images used by this game.
image bg SDC10007 = "SDC10007.JPG"

# Declare characters used by this game.
$ y =Character ('???', color="#660099")
$ i =Character ('Izzy', color="#660099")
$ e =Character ('Edna', color="#BF7C51")

# The game starts here.
label start:

scene bg SDC10007
with fade

I also did some dialogue for those characters and it works fine but the pictures...not so much.

[JinzouTamashii]

Hmm.

I don't see what's wrong with it, I'm sorry...

[Mirielle]

Okay, this might sound a little weird, but I've done it before.

Have you checked the game directory to make sure the image is there? And is it capitalized the way you've written it?

Also, try putting the script you have between

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 and [/code ] (remove the space between the e and the ]) so we can check the indentation and perhaps put it through Ren'Py ourselves.  Because after "label start:" the next line should be indented.

[KatKry]

Is this what you mean, Mirielle?

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init:

# Declare images used by this game.
image bg SDC10007 = "SDC10007.JPG"

# Declare characters used by this game.
$ y =Character ('???', color="#660099")
$ i =Character ('Izzy', color="#660099")
$ e =Character ('Edna', color="#BF7C51")

# The game starts here.
label start:

scene bg SDC10007
with fade

[Mirielle]

Yes!

Now, try this:

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init:

    # Declare images used by this game.
    image bg SDC10007 = "SDC10007.JPG"

    # Declare characters used by this game.
    $ y =Character ('???', color="#660099")
    $ i =Character ('Izzy', color="#660099")
    $ e =Character ('Edna', color="#BF7C51")

# The game starts here.
label start:

     scene bg SDC10007
     with fade

[KatKry]

I tried it and it says it couldn't find the file...again *Cries*

[Mirielle]

I'm scanning your code like a "Where's Wally?" puzzle and still can't find anything... all I can think of is check file extensions, if it's in the right place, and maybe name it something a little more manageable?

Other than that, I'm stumped!

[JinzouTamashii]

Try copying the Template and making a new one from scratch.

Or try converting your image to another format.