Is there a way to open a file outside of the game directory?

[ringo_ni_ringo]

So, I am noticing that my "game" folder for this project is getting really crowded and hard to sort through when I need to change/re-size/edit an image or shorten a sound so it fits. I could just use the 'Search' that windows has but it isn't effective to search by the file type or name. I was thinking of separating the sprites and backgrounds from the music and sounds and making it more organized. Maybe I'm just a bit OCD when it comes to how things are organized on computers and such, but it really does help me a lot to do so. (I've spent a chunk of time trying to research this and either there's nothing or Google is stupid.)

[AxemRed]

Use subfolders.

[ringo_ni_ringo]

Well yes, but how do I call them? Like I tried to, and it worked. The problem I have is that I don't know if telling it "C:/Users/Zoe/Desktop/PROJECTS/Spinoza Rosa/game/bleh/bleh.png" would work on another computer. I'm still kind of a noob when it comes to ren'py and python, but I have lots of experience in visual BASIC and html.

[xela]

Just the "bleh/bleh.png" will do.

[ringo_ni_ringo]

Oh, thank you. >_<; I feel kinda silly now.

[ringo_ni_ringo]

Okay so ren'py hated what ever I did. I gave it the images for all the characters and the backgrounds just like this:

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## Declare character images below this line.

## FIAMN
image fiamn neutral = "/characters/fiamn/fiamn_neutral.png"
image fiamn semb = "/characters/fiamn/fiamn_semb.png"
image fiamn emb = "/characters/fiamn/fiamn_emb.png"
image fiamn silly = "/characters/fiamn/fiamn_silly.png"
image fiamn sad = "/characters/fiamn/fiamn_sad.png"
image fiamn serious = "/characters/fiamn/fiamn_serious.png"
image fiamn angry = "/characters/fiamn/fiamn_angry.png"
image fiamn annoyed = "/characters/fiamn/fiamn_annoyed.png"
image fiamn happy = "/characters/fiamn/fiamn_happy.png"

and it gives me this error:

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
File "game/script.rpy", line 820, in script
IOError: Couldn't find file '/characters/fiamn/fiamn_neutral.png'.

I have the folders set up like this:

What did I do wrong to upset this thing to the point that it won't run at all?

[Asceai]

get rid of the / at the start of the paths

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image fiamn neutral = "characters/fiamn/fiamn_neutral.png"

[ringo_ni_ringo]

Thank you. >_< Everything works fine now.
It was a pain to go through and change that though...

[xela]

Get a decent text editor and use the replace function. Noone changes this stuff manually if there is a pattern to fix on.

[ringo_ni_ringo]

Y-you don't have to do it manually? 0A0

[Destiny]

Nope, pretty much all text editors (especially those of Ren'Py) feature the search/replace feature
You only have to watch out what to replace with what (if the way is "/liam/liam_not", then just replacing "/liam" into "liam" will result in a "liamliam_not" instead of the wanted "liam/liam_not").