Main Menu - Background -> .gif-Animation

[Zypharium]

Hello! I'm currently trying to animate my Background of my Main Menu, but it doesn't work at all! Sorry, I'm so pissed off! I've been trying it for at least two hours!

Well, anyways. I'll post the error.txt later, because I must leave for school!

I already read someone's post in the archive, but it didn't work. I also tried this:

init:
image animation = Animation("frame_1.png", 0.25,
"frame_2.png", 0.25,
"frame_3.png", 0.25)

Were should I place the source code anyway?!

I tried it in "options.rpy".

This is how my attempt looked like:
1.

mm_root = "cover.png", (works but isn't animated, obviously)

then I tried:

mm_root = ("cover.png", 0.20, "cover2.png", 0.40, "cover3.png", 0.20 [...] ) (10 pictures)

then I tried: without "( and )"

mm_root = "cover.png", 0.20, "cover2.png", 0.40, "cover3.png", 0.20,

Once again my attempt failed.

And finally I tried:

init:
image animation = Animation("cover.png", 0.25,
"cover2.png", 0.25,
"cover3.png", 0.25) Were should I place the source code anyway?!

Error! How lucky am I?!

Please help me! I'm not that bad as a programmer, but I'm more used to C++ !

[OdysseyStudio]

Okay first, next time put your code snip in the "code HTML" function so we can troubleshoot it better next time but I can still help.

In order to do animation in renpy, pytom set up whats call ATL (Animation Transformation Language). Because of that, the animation thing you tried no longer works.

You can read more about ATL and the rest of Renpy's syntax here in the Documentation

With that in mind you can do this:

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init:
image main_menu:
    "frame_1.png" with Dissolve(0.5, alpha=True)
    0.25
    "frame_2.png" with Dissolve(0.5, alpha=True)
    0.25
    "frame_2.png" with Dissolve(0.5, alpha=True)
    repeat

Then in the options.rpy:

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    ## The background of the main menu. This can be a color
    ## beginning with '#', or an image filename. The latter
    ## should take up the full height and width of the screen.  
    mm_root = "main_menu",

you'll have to play around with it, but it should work. Hope this helps^^

[Zypharium]

It doesn't work. What am I doing wrong?

options.rpy

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mm_root = "main_menu",

options.rpy

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   init:
            image main_menu:
    "Cover1.png" with dissolve(0.5, alpha=True)
    0.25
    "Cover2.png" with dissolve(0.5, alpha=True)
    0.25
    "Cover3.png" with dissolve(0.5, alpha=True)
    repeat

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C:\Users\X\Desktop\X/game/options.rpy: invalid syntax

[manga_otaku]

Try moving the image main_menu under the init. Like this:

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init:
image main_menu:
    "Cover1.png" with dissolve(0.5, alpha=True)
    0.25
    "Cover2.png" with dissolve(0.5, alpha=True)
    0.25
    "Cover3.png" with dissolve(0.5, alpha=True)
    repeat

Put that in the options.rpy, where it says this:

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## The background of the main menu. This can be a color
        ## beginning with '#', or an image filename. The latter
        ## should take up the full height and width of the screen.
        mm_root = "mm_root",

So it looks like this:

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## The background of the main menu. This can be a color
        ## beginning with '#', or an image filename. The latter
        ## should take up the full height and width of the screen.
        mm_root = image main_menu,

I think the first part is correct, but I'm not sure about the second part (placing the image for the main menu).

[Zypharium]

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


File "game/options.rpy", line 59: invalid syntax
    init:
         ^
    

Ren'Py Version: Ren'Py 6.12.1.1501

Line 59 to 66

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    init:
    image main_menu:
    "Cover1.png" with dissolve(0.5, alpha=True)
    0.25
    "Cover2.png" with dissolve(0.5, alpha=True)
    0.25
    "Cover3.png" with dissolve(0.5, alpha=True)
    repeat

EDIT: Same error, even after I did the same you suggest.

[manga_otaku]

Do you have a space after the init? If I try it in JEdit...

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init:
    image main_menu:
        "Cover1.png" with dissolve(0.5, alpha=True)
        pause 0.25
        "Cover2.png" with dissolve(0.5, alpha=True)
        pause 0.25
        "Cover3.png" with dissolve(0.5, alpha=True)
        repeat

That's what it naturally comes out, indents and all. I don't usually mess around with animations or slideshows, so I don't know. I usually put a pause in front of things as well.

[Zypharium]

It won't work, always the same error occurs. What a drag. So, do you have some other ideas in petto?

[justanartistnamedkim]

I'm having the same problem

[manga_otaku]

This should help: http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewto ... f=8&t=9136