expected menuitem

[uluuu]

This is the first time I have ever tried to program anything, so I apologize if this is something really stupid and obvious.

I keep getting this error when I try to run my test game thing.

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


On line 25 of C:\My Documents\projects\renpy-6.3.0-full\renpy-6.3.0\messing around/game/script.rpy: expected menuitem
jump dance
^

On line 59 of C:\My Documents\projects\renpy-6.3.0-full\renpy-6.3.0\messing around/game/script.rpy: expected menuitem
jump hungryphone
^

Ren'Py Version: Ren'Py 6.3.0d

I was able to fix everything else, but I don't understand what this means. Thanks in advance!

[PyTom]

Almost certainly this is an indentation problem. Please copy in the appropriate section of your game's code, enclosed in [code] [/code] tags.

[uluuu]

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    jump dance
     
    "Lie down and rest."
    jump rest
     
    "Call my friend Miyu."
    jump friend
     
label dance:
    show happy
    "I decided to dance the day away, ignoring my painful cough."
    
    
    y "Well that was fun."
    
    "Then I fainted.  I woke up in a car with no recollection of being there."
    show what
    
    y "...Huh."
    return
    
label rest:
    show what
    "So I decided to rest.  For days I slept.  When I woke up, I was all better.  What a boring story."
    return

label friend:
    show happy
    "I decided to call my friend, Miyu."
    
    y "What was her number again?"

menu:
    "867-5309, of course."
    jump hungryphone

[PyTom]

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menu:
    "867-5309, of course.":
        jump hungryphone

Note the colon after the menu choice, and the indented block after that.

[uluuu]

Oh. Gosh. I should have realized that. Thank you!
(Yay, I got it to run, too.)

[daynachrista]

I'm having the similar problem, and just can't figure it out. Oh, I'm new at these programming game too. Please help :')

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


File "game\script.rpy", line 62: expected menuitem
scene bg cafe with dissolve
^
File "game\script.rpy", line 63: expected menuitem
show shizuku at left with dissolve
^

Ren'Py Version: Ren'Py 6.14.1.366

[Alex]

I suppose it should look like

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menu:
    "Choice 1":
        scene bg cafe with dissolve

or something.

About blocks and indentation you can read there - http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/FAQ#How ... _blocks.3F

[daynachrista]

I suppose it should look like

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menu:
    "Choice 1":
        scene bg cafe with dissolve

or something.

About blocks and indentation you can read there - http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/FAQ#How ... _blocks.3F

thank you sooo much!!!

[aleksandra2187]

Hi guys this is the code to my game, can you tell me why I get an error

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label start:
     scene houses
     show Misaki1
     m "Today is so boring. I have few friends and all of them are busy with school stuff."
     m "What am I going to do..."
     hide Misaki1
     show Rose1
     r "Hey, aren't you Misaki Vu?"
     menu:    
        "Yes.. Who asks?":  
             jump newfriend
        "Leave me alone! Creep!":
             jump notafriend 
        label newfriend:
            show Rose2 at left
            hide Rose1
            r "I'm Rose Braveheart, junior artist and a BIG fan of your artwork and poetry."
            r "Would you mind giving me some tips."
            show Misaki5 at right
             "Sure.":
            "(Good Ending)"
        return
        label notafriend:
            "Go get yourself a teacher, 'cuz I ain't one":
                 r "I.. I'm sorry for bothring you."
            "(Bad Ending)"
        return
     return

[philat]

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label start:
     scene houses
     show Misaki1
     m "Today is so boring. I have few friends and all of them are busy with school stuff."
     m "What am I going to do..."
     hide Misaki1
     show Rose1
     r "Hey, aren't you Misaki Vu?"
     menu:    
        "Yes.. Who asks?":  
            jump newfriend
        "Leave me alone! Creep!":
            jump notafriend 

label newfriend:
    show Rose2 at left
    hide Rose1
    r "I'm Rose Braveheart, junior artist and a BIG fan of your artwork and poetry."
    r "Would you mind giving me some tips."
    show Misaki5 at right
    "Sure."
    "(Good Ending)"
    return

label notafriend:
    "Go get yourself a teacher, 'cuz I ain't one"
     r "I.. I'm sorry for bothring you."
     "(Bad Ending)"
     return

Only use colons after menu choices. There are no choices in the labels newfriend/notafriend, so there shouldn't be any colons. Make sure indentations are uniform -- there were a few that were one space more than others.

[aleksandra2187]

Thanks for the help Veteran I fixed it by deleating the labels & the jumps. I just can't uderstant them

[trooper6]

Thanks for the help Veteran I fixed it by deleating the labels & the jumps. I just can't uderstant them

Labels are core to making a VN with any choices. You should really practice using them. They aren't that hard. Start using them without menus. Then add menus.

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label start:
    "Your game starts here."
    "If this jump doesn't work, the game will end."
    jump other
    return

label other:
   "If you got here, the jump worked."
   "Now the game will end.
    return

The code philat gave you should work, so you should really try that out too.

[aleksandra2187]

I will try harder, thanks for the encouragement and the example

[Visualist]

Can someone please help me? I'm get the expected menuitem error message, too. Here's the code I'm using:
menu:
"Waffles":
y "I feel like eating some waffles this morning."
"*You pop two frozen waffles in the toaster*"
"Boink! *The waffles pop up*"
y "Yum, time to eat!"
"*You eat the waffles and head upstairs to
your bedroom to get dressed for school.*"
"Cereal":
y "It's definitely a cereal morning!"
"*You pull a box of your favorite cereal,
Citrus Puffs, out of the pantry.*"
y "You know what, I feel like eating cereal
straight from the box today!"
"*You eat some cereal, put the box back in
the pantry, and head upstairs to your room to get dressed
for school.*"
"Bacon & Eggs":
y "Hm, bacon and eggs sounds good."
"*You open the fridge and pull out a package of bacon and
a carton of eggs. You crack three eggs and put them in a
small skillet on the stove.*"
"*You open the package of bacon and put a few piece of bacon
in another skillet and put that on the stove, too.*"
"30 minutes later..."
y "This plate of bacon and eggs is calling my name!"
"*You eat the bacon and eggs, clear your plate, and then
head upstairs to get dressed for school.*"

label after_menu:

scene bedroom

Sorry that the colors and stuff didn't copy right.

[IrinaLazareva]

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    menu: 
        "Waffles":
            y "I feel like eating some waffles this morning."
            "*You pop two frozen waffles in the toaster*"
            "Boink! *The waffles pop up*"
            y "Yum, time to eat!"
            "*You eat the waffles and head upstairs to 
            your bedroom to get dressed for school.*"
        "Cereal":
            y "It's definitely a cereal morning!"
            "*You pull a box of your favorite cereal, 
            Citrus Puffs, out of the pantry.*"
            y "You know what, I feel like eating cereal
            straight from the box today!"
            "*You eat some cereal, put the box back in 
            the pantry, and head upstairs to your room to get dressed    
            for school.*"
        "Bacon & Eggs":   
            y "Hm, bacon and eggs sounds good."  
            "*You open the fridge and pull out a package of bacon and 
            a carton of eggs. You crack three eggs and put them in a     
            small skillet on the stove.*"   
            "*You open the package of bacon and put a few piece of bacon      
            in another skillet and put that on the stove, too.*" 
            "30 minutes later..."      
            y "This plate of bacon and eggs is calling my name!"
            "*You eat the bacon and eggs, clear your plate, and then
            head upstairs to get dressed for school.*"
label after_menu:
    scene bedroom