When certain choices are viewable

[iAsobu]

In a menu, I would like to make it so one certain choice isn't seen/selectable until ever other choice in the menu has been selected and gone through. Like in a menu with "Option 1" and "Option 2", the player would select Option 1, then after viewing and reading everything in Option 1, the player could click Option 2, see everything that has to offer, and after selection both Option 1 and Option 2, Option 3 would be selectable. How would this be possible?

[fluffycurry]

In a menu, I would like to make it so one certain choice isn't seen/selectable until ever other choice in the menu has been selected and gone through. Like in a menu with "Option 1" and "Option 2", the player would select Option 1, then after viewing and reading everything in Option 1, the player could click Option 2, see everything that has to offer, and after selection both Option 1 and Option 2, Option 3 would be selectable. How would this be possible?

there are a couple of solution, it depends on where are you going to use it :>.
so uhhh.. questions
are you going to put it into your main menu? or just another custom menu?
do you want the game to remember that the player already activated an option?
(ex: the player already activated option 2, even if the player quits the game and returns back, the option 2 will still be activated)

[fluffycurry]

since I won't be active in the forums tom, here is my solution (i feel programmers there can give a much shorter solution):

The logic of the code below is that
if the player finished viewing option 1, persistent.option_finish = 2 *enabling option 2
if the player finished viewing option 2, persistent.option_finish = 3 *enabling option 3 *option 2 is still enabled

the contents of the option

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label option_1_contents:
    #here are the contents of option 1
    $ persistent.option_finish = 2
    return

label option_2_contents:
    #here are the contents of option 2
    $ persistent.option_finish = 3
    return

label option_3_contents:
    #here are the contents of option 3
    return

the only important part there is the change in value of the persistent.option_finish, having "persistent.varname" enables the game to remember the accomplishment of the player if he/she already unlocks an option it will remain unlock even if he/she quits.

below is the solution considering its inside the main menu and also it uses image map

(seen but not selectable)

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label main_menu:
    $ _game_menu_screen = None
    if not persistent.option_finish:    #since i used number not "True of False", i know that "If" gives out a numerical           
       $ persistent.option_finish = 1  #value i just forgot what it is, so i have this code just to be sure 
################################################
    if persistent.option_finish == 1:
        python:
            result = renpy.imagemap(
                "UI/main_menu_1.png",
                "UI/main_menu_2.png",
                [ (10, 24, 361, 63, "option_1"),
                #(10, 72, 361, 112, "option_2"), disables option 2
                #(10, 122, 361, 161, "option_3"), disables option 3
                (450, 551, 792, 590, "Exit")
                ], focus="imagemap")
        if result == "option_1":
            jump option_1_contents
        elif result == "back":
            $ renpy.quit()
        return
################################################        
    elif persistent.option_finish == 2 :
        python:
            result = renpy.imagemap(
                "UI/main_menu_1.png",
                "UI/main_menu_2.png",
                [ (10, 24, 361, 63, "option_1"),
                (10, 72, 361, 112, "option_2"), #option 2 is now enabled
                #(10, 122, 361, 161, "option_3"), still disable option 3
                (450, 551, 792, 590, "Exit")
                ], focus="imagemap")
        if result == "option_1":
            jump option_1_contents
        elif result == "option_2":
            jump option_2_contents
        elif result == "back":
            $ renpy.quit()
        return    
 ################################################       
    elif persistent.option_finish == 3 :
        python:
            result = renpy.imagemap(
                "UI/main_menu_1.png",
                "UI/main_menu_2.png",
                [ (10, 24, 361, 63, "option_1"),
                (10, 72, 361, 112, "option_2"), #all of the option is enabled
                (10, 122, 361, 161, "option_3"),
                (450, 551, 792, 590, "Exit")
                ], focus="imagemap")
        if result == "option_1":
            jump option_1_contents
        elif result == "option_2":
            jump option_2_contents
        elif result == "option_3":
            jump option_3_contents
        elif result == "back":
            $ renpy.quit()
        return    

Note Again: i made it persistent so that whenever it is played again by the player the options he/she already activated will be active. (prevents reactivation)

(unseen and obviously cannot be selected)

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label main_menu:
    $ _game_menu_screen = None
    if not persistent.option_finish:
        $ persistent.option_finish = 1
################################################
    if persistent.option_finish == 1:
        python:
            result = renpy.imagemap(
                "UI/main_menu_1.png",
                "UI/main_menu_2.png",
                [ (10, 24, 361, 63, "option_1"),
                (450, 551, 792, 590, "Exit")
                ], focus="imagemap")
        if result == "option_1":
            jump option_1_contents
        elif result == "back":
            $ renpy.quit()
        return
################################################        
    elif persistent.option_finish == 2 :
        python:
            result = renpy.imagemap(
                "UI/main_menu_1a.png",
                "UI/main_menu_2a.png",
                [ (10, 24, 361, 63, "option_1"),
                (10, 72, 361, 112, "option_2"),
                (450, 551, 792, 590, "Exit")
                ], focus="imagemap")
        if result == "option_1":
            jump option_1_contents
        elif result == "option_2":
            jump option_2_contents
        elif result == "back":
            $ renpy.quit()
        return    
 ################################################       
    elif persistent.option_finish == 3 :
        python:
            result = renpy.imagemap(
                "UI/main_menu_1b.png",
                "UI/main_menu_2b.png",
                [ (10, 24, 361, 63, "option_1"),
                (10, 72, 361, 112, "option_2"),
                (10, 122, 361, 161, "option_3"),
                (450, 551, 792, 590, "Exit")
                ], focus="imagemap")
        if result == "option_1":
            jump option_1_contents
        elif result == "option_2":
            jump option_2_contents
        elif result == "option_3":
            jump option_3_contents
        elif result == "back":
            $ renpy.quit()
        return    

It also depends on how you draw the menu itself in imagemap, notice in the second code I used different set of images, which has different look. (ex:UI/main_menu_1.png, UI/main_menu_1a.png, UI/main_menu_1b.png)

if this is not what your looking for do tell me, there is also about using ui.textbuttons *etc*.

[fluffycurry]

sorry for triple posting (i will never do it again)

this is using ui.text buttons

UNSEEN NOT SELECTABLE

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label main_menu:
    scene mainmenu
    if not persistent.option_finish:          
        $ persistent.option_finish = 1

    if persistent.option_finish == 1:
       $ ui.vbox(xpos=364, ypos=215)
       $ ui.imagebutton("newgame1.png", "newgame2.png", clicked=ui.returns("start"))
       $ ui.imagebutton("loadgame1.png", "loadgame2.png", clicked=ui.returns("load"))
       $ ui.imagebutton("option1a.png", "option1b.png", clicked=ui.returns("option_1"))
       $ ui.imagebutton("pref1.png", "pref2.png", clicked=ui.returns("preference"))
       $ ui.imagebutton("exit1.png", "exit2.png", clicked=ui.returns("quit"))
       $ ui.close()
    elif persistent.option_finish == 2:
       $ ui.vbox(xpos=364, ypos=215)
       $ ui.imagebutton("newgame1.png", "newgame2.png", clicked=ui.returns("start"))
       $ ui.imagebutton("loadgame1.png", "loadgame2.png", clicked=ui.returns("load"))
       $ ui.imagebutton("option1a.png", "option1b.png", clicked=ui.returns("option_1"))
       $ ui.imagebutton("option2a.png", "option2b.png", clicked=ui.returns("option_2"))
       $ ui.imagebutton("pref1.png", "pref2.png", clicked=ui.returns("preference"))
       $ ui.imagebutton("exit1.png", "exit2.png", clicked=ui.returns("quit"))
       $ ui.close()
    elif persistent.option_finish == 3:
       $ ui.vbox(xpos=364, ypos=215)
       $ ui.imagebutton("newgame1.png", "newgame2.png", clicked=ui.returns("start"))
       $ ui.imagebutton("loadgame1.png", "loadgame2.png", clicked=ui.returns("load"))
       $ ui.imagebutton("option1a.png", "option1b.png", clicked=ui.returns("option_1"))
       $ ui.imagebutton("option2a.png", "option2b.png", clicked=ui.returns("option_2"))
       $ ui.imagebutton("option3a.png", "option3b.png", clicked=ui.returns("option_3"))
       $ ui.imagebutton("pref1.png", "pref2.png", clicked=ui.returns("preference"))
       $ ui.imagebutton("exit1.png", "exit2.png", clicked=ui.returns("quit"))
       $ ui.close()
    $ result = ui.interact()
    if result == "start":
        hide mainmenu
        $ renpy.jump_out_of_context("start")
    elif result == "load":
        jump load_screen
    elif result == "option_1":
        hide mainmenu
        $ renpy.jump_out_of_context("option_1_contents")
    elif result == "option_2":
        hide mainmenu
        $ renpy.jump_out_of_context("option_2_contents")
    elif result == "option_3":
        hide mainmenu
        $ renpy.jump_out_of_context("option_3_contents")
    elif result == "preference":
        jump preferences_screen
    elif result == "quit":
        $ renpy.quit()

same effect as the image map, but this uses small images for the buttons, still it needs the first code at the previous post to work,

[iAsobu]

are you going to put it into your main menu? or just another custom menu?

Another custom, in-gameplay menu.

I looked at the first code you posted. Rather than what your code seems to do, I was thinking like...
OK, here's what you see in the menu at first:
"-Option 1
-Option 2"
Then after looking at both options, the menu looks like this:
"-Option 1
-Option 2
-Option 3"
So options 1 and 2 need to both be present at first-seen menu.
How would that look like?

[fluffycurry]

are you going to put it into your main menu? or just another custom menu?

Another custom, in-gameplay menu.

I looked at the first code you posted. Rather than what your code seems to do, I was thinking like...
OK, here's what you see in the menu at first:
"-Option 1
-Option 2"
Then after looking at both options, the menu looks like this:
"-Option 1
-Option 2
-Option 3"
So options 1 and 2 need to both be present at first-seen menu.
How would that look like?

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label option_1_contents:
    #here are the contents of option 1
    $ persistent.option_finish = 2
    return

label option_2_contents:
    #here are the contents of option 2
    $ persistent.option_finish = 3
    return

label option_3_contents:
    #here are the contents of option 3
    return

so the logic of the code below is:
persistent.option_finish = 1 >>option 1 and option 2 are visible but option 2 can't be selected(till option 1 is viewed),
persistent.option_finish = 2 >>option 1 and option 2 are visible and option 2 can now be selected
persistent.option_finish = 3 >>option 1, option 2 and option 3 are visible and option 3 can be selected

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label other_menu:
    $ _game_menu_screen = None
    if not persistent.option_finish:
        $ persistent.option_finish = 1
################################################
    if persistent.option_finish == 1 or persistent.option_finish == 2:
        python:
            result = renpy.imagemap(
                "main_menu_1a.png",
                "main_menu_1b.png",
                [ (10, 24, 361, 63, "option_1"),
                 (10, 72, 361, 112, "option_2"),
                (450, 551, 792, 590, "Exit")
                ], focus="imagemap")
        if result == "option_1":
            jump option_1_contents
        elif result == "option_2":
            if persistent.option_finish == 1:  #since persistent.option_finish = 1, still option 1 hasn't been viewed
                e "please view option 1"  
                jump other_menu
            else:
                jump option_2_contents
        elif result == "back":
            $ renpy.quit()
        return
################################################       
    elif persistent.option_finish == 3 :
        python:
            result = renpy.imagemap(
                "main_menu_2a.png",
                "main_menu_2b.png",
                [ (10, 24, 361, 63, "option_1"),
                (10, 72, 361, 112, "option_2"),
                (10, 122, 361, 161, "option_3"),
                (450, 551, 792, 590, "Exit")
                ], focus="imagemap")
        if result == "option_1":
            jump option_1_contents
        elif result == "option_2":
            jump option_2_contents
        elif result == "option_3":
            jump option_3_contents
        elif result == "back":
            $ renpy.quit()
        return

so attached is the imagemap image i used, so you can visualize how the code works

[Alex]

If you mean in-game menus, then just add the conditions you want in the line with specific choice

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init:
    $ opt1 = False
    $ opt2 = False

label start:

    scene black
    
    menu my_menu:
        "Option 1":
            "This is option 1"
            $ opt1 = True
            jump my_menu
        "Option 2" if opt1:
            "This is option 2"
            $ opt2 = True
            jump my_menu
        "Option 3" if opt1 and opt2:
            "This is option 3"
            jump my_menu
        "Option... just option" if opt1 and not opt2:
            "This option available if you saw option1 but not the option2"
            jump my_menu

[iAsobu]

Ah! That helps!
So I can understand it more, can you explain what purpose the $ opt2 = True serves under option 3?

[fluffycurry]

sorry *bow* ,..i kept thinking about a menu haha

[Alex]

Oops, copy / paste, you know...))
*fixed*

[iAsobu]

So the $ [previous option] = True under the final option isn't necessary? Alright.

I belive I've figured it out. Thanks for the help, everyone.

[SaMeino]

Do you guys know how to fix this?
I tried doing some of the codes you guys did but this error keeps coming

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I'm sorry, but errors were detected in your script. Please correct the
errors listed below, and try again.


On line 32 of C:\Users\Alex Nguyen\Desktop\renpy-6.10.2\Goddess Selection/game/script.rpy: menu statement expects a non-empty block.
menu begin_menu:
    ^

On line 33 of C:\Users\Alex Nguyen\Desktop\renpy-6.10.2\Goddess Selection/game/script.rpy: expected statement.
"Prologue":
          ^

On line 35 of C:\Users\Alex Nguyen\Desktop\renpy-6.10.2\Goddess Selection/game/script.rpy: expected statement.
"Act 1"  if act_1:
         ^

Heres what i had to show you

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# The game starts here.
label start:
        menu begin_menu:
        "Prologue":
            jump Prologue_1
        "Act 1"  if act_1:
           jump Act_1:

[iAsobu]

The one thing I might know how to fix in there would be...

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"Act 1"  if act_1:
         ^

I believe there are too many spaces here.

[SaMeino]

still didnt work

[iAsobu]

Well, that was just one thing. For the rest to be fixed, you'll have to wait for a proffessional to drop by and post.