Text on the screen

[Arkon]

I'd like first part of my game to be introduction, with text on the screen (like in the Tsukihime), not down. How to make it and how to return to the normal mode after the introduction?

[roankun]

I think you'd just have to use NVL mode for the intro... (not sure what you mean; never played Tsukihime)
http://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screen_special.html#nvl

[Arkon]

http://vndb.org/v7 sorry, here are some screens from Tsukihime, to show how it should look.

[roankun]

Well, like I said, use NVL-mode. Here's a link to the old wiki. It's still the same, I think.http://www.renpy.org/wiki/NVL

I'm sorry, I'm no genius programmer, and I've never used NVL mode before, but I figure what you're trying to do is just assign a character, perhaps a narrator, to kind=nvl and then just use that character exclusively for the intro. Just use the regular method for the other characters.

[Camille]

Define an NVL "character" and a regular character:

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define nvl_mode = Character(None, kind=nvl)
define normal = Character('Bob')

Then when you want your text to be in NVL mode, use the NVL character and when you want your text to be in the dialogue box, use the other character(s).

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    nvl "This NVL text will take up the whole screen."
    nvl clear
    normal "This text will be back in the dialogue box."

[Arkon]

I did this:

define nvl_mode = Character(None, kind=nvl)
label start:
scene bg back1
nvl "There were times when the world was in the power of the ancient spirits."
"Ghosts and gods that lived in the forests, mounatins, and rivers were praised by humankind."
nvl clear

But when I run the game, it says:

On line 22 of d:\renpy\asagi-win32/game/script.rpy: expected statement.
nvl "There were times when the world was in the power of the ancient spirits."

Anyone has an idea what I'm doing wrong?

[Camille]

If you've defined your character as nvl_mode, you need to use that when you call that character. So instead of nvl "There were times..." you need to use nvl_mode there. I made a mistake in my coding earlier.