Print command and Ren'Py

[Argeus_the_Paladin]

I have a quick question: Is the Python print command usable in Ren'Py?

Thanks beforehands!

[Alex]

If you mean <print> command that shows text onscreen, then in Ren'Py it will be <text> command or its equivalent <ui.text()>
http://www.renpy.org/doc/html/text.html ... isplayable
http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/doc/reference/Text

[Argeus_the_Paladin]

Not sure if that's what I'm looking for.

The situation here is that I need to combine the for statement with the if clause and use it as a condition to display text. The problem is, to use an if clause in a for statement I have to use a python block, which pretty much negates the entire standard Ren'Py dialogue display.

The question above is what I thought could have been a workaround if it existed. Any tips will be very welcome.

[PyTom]

Yes, it works, although it's somewhat hard to see the output.

On linux, run your game on the command line, and the output goes to the command line. On windows, drag your game to console.exe, and you can see the output. Not sure about mac.

[Argeus_the_Paladin]

Hmm... seems that it isn't a good workaround then. I'll try to fins another way.

Thanks anyway.

[Alex]

Could you show your code? 'Cause you can use <renpy.say(e, "Hello world!")> in python block.

[Argeus_the_Paladin]

I have found a simpler workaround that does not have to involve the for statement. Thanks for the suggestion anyway! I'm sure it will be of use later on.

[Argeus_the_Paladin]

Sorry, I take back the last statement. My workaround did not work.

Here's the code in question:

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                python:
                    for ore in mine1.available_ore:
                        if ore.ore_mined:
                           "You mined some [ore.ore_item.name]."
                            successful_mining = True
                        else:
                            pass
                

What I want to achieve is to pop up a message announcing that the player has mined every ore that she has mined, but only if she has successfully mined it. I cannot find find any alternative to that after much brainstorming. That, and the renpy.say command apparently returned a "syntax error" message.

[Alex]

Hm, <renpy.say> should work (it will look like character talking about mined ore) - what's the actual code you used?
Also, you might mess with tooltips - http://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screen_ac ... l#tooltips
Or you could make a screen, that has text line "You mined some [my_text_var]." and show it with different values of
"my_text_var". http://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screen_py ... -functions

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screen my_scr:
    tag my_scr
    zorder 100

    key "mouseup_1" action Return("smth")
    
    default my_text_var = "dirt"

    frame:
        background Frame("my_frame_bg.png", 7, 7)
        xminimum 200 xmaximum 200
        yminimum 100 ymaximum 100
        xalign 0.5 yalign 0.5

        vbox:
            xfill True
            text "You mined some [my_text_var]." xalign 0.5
            null height 30
            text "Click to continue" size 10 xalign 1.0

label start:
    $ available_ore = ["gold", "iron", "silver"]
    "..."
    python:
        for ore in available_ore:
            renpy.call_screen("my_scr", my_text_var=ore)

    "...?"

[Argeus_the_Paladin]

Here's the code I tried:

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             python:
                    for ore in mine1.available_ore:
                        if ore.ore_mined:
                            <renpy.say("You mined some [ore.ore_item.name].")>
                            successful_mining = True
                        else:
                            pass

and

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            python:
                    for ore in mine1.available_ore:
                        if ore.ore_mined:
                            <renpy.say>("You mined some [ore.ore_item.name].")
                            successful_mining = True
                        else:
                            pass

Both result in a syntax error.

[Alex]

Khm, you don't need < and > in your code (I used them in my post instead of code-tag, sorry for misleading you).

[Argeus_the_Paladin]

Ah, that solves it. Looks like it works now.

Thanks again!