[Solved] Question On Using Screen Input

[inahochama]

I know this is going to sound really silly but I'm really at a loss. After a player types/inputs a string using the screen input, how should I define that string as the player's name in the game? I know the answer is here but I keep hitting walls in all my search today orz

[Alex]

This should help - http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/doc/ref ... cCharacter

[inahochama]

This should help - http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/doc/ref ... cCharacter

Thank you for replying, but I've tried that one before and I know it works but I was hoping to use the screen input better. I mean I understood the screen input, at least I think I do but I can't seem to understand how I'm supposed to use and define the input name/string itself as the player's name and such. Here's the code.

script.rpy

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# Declare characters used by this game.
define player = #don't know what to do on this part
# The game starts here.
label start:

    show screen bg image
    show screen input 
    $ renpy.pause ()

    player "blah blah blah"

    return

screens.rpy

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screen input:
    hbox xalign .5 yalign .5:
        text "Name:" 
        input id "input"

    use quick_menu

[KimiYoriBaka]

okay, so firstly, I'm not sure if the define character method is any different when it comes to dynamic characters. If not something like the following code should work:

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define player = DynamicCharacter("playername")

then later you just set playername equal to the input given with the following code:

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$ playername = renpy.input()

the input screen included by default in screens.rpy is meant for customizing how you want to display the prompt that pops up when you use the renpy.input() function. you shouldn't try to call it manually.

[inahochama]

the input screen included by default in screens.rpy is meant for customizing how you want to display the prompt that pops up when you use the renpy.input() function. you shouldn't try to call it manually.

"facepalms" that actually made sense why I can edit the screen input but not know what to do with the "input" thing itself. I thought I can manually just call it without having to deal with renpy.input in the label start (I knew how to use it but I thought I can just have screen input do it or something). Thank you for clearing that up.