File Organization

[Gear]

I'm sure this has been asked before, but I haven't seen it yet, so I figure I'll ask it now. Is it possible to further organize files within the "game" folder? I know I could just create a new folder, but how would I tell Ren'Py to search for a file in a different location other than just the root game folder?

I tried this, but it doesn't work, since the slash prevents the engine from registering one of the characters:

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image bg pro = "title\bgpro.jpg"

[Mechathulhu]

I'm not 100% sure if this is the correct way to do it, but I do know it works.

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image bg pro = "title/bgpro.jpg"

In Python, you would do something like os.path.join("title", "bgpro.jpg"), which automatically combine the paths to whatever is appropriate to your operating system (slash for Linux/OSX, backslash for Windows), but it seems Ren'Py only works if you use slashes. It might automatically convert the slashes to backslashes for Windows, but I'm not sure.

[PyTom]

You want to use a forward slash / rather than a backslash. It's one way in which Ren'Py betrays its secret unix origins. (Also, backslash is a special character in Python. \b is the single backspace character.)

[Gear]

Amazing. I could swear up and down I've tried that before to no avail, and yet it works now without issue. Thanks for the help. I'm going to go brain myself with a Unix manual now.