Text history is empty (solved)

[SinnyROM]

I used the Text History code from the cookbook and tested it with my game, but no dialogue lines are printed. I attached a screenshot of what happens.

why.PNG

Text History is blank

(6.75 KiB) Not downloaded yet

In an attempt to debug, I placed a simple text element inside the text history window and it does print fine. I'm guessing it has to do with how the dialogue is hooked, but I can't really say for sure.

Now, I tried the original with a brand new project and it works fine, so it must have to do with my code. However, my problem is that I have a lot of .rpy files and having to go through them all will be time-consuming. I was wondering if anyone knows a possible cause for this, and if there are variables or configuration settings I need to search for to help speed up my debugging. Any help is appreciated!

[Asceai]

It works for me. Without any information there's no way to debug this.
Find out the failure point first- use renpy.notify("testing") in various places to ensure important things (like store_say) are being called, use the debugging menu and debug console to check the status of readback_buffer etc. so you actually know what isn't working before you try to fix it.

[SinnyROM]

Thanks for the suggestions. I've started trying to isolate the problem like you said and it does look like some of the procedures aren't called. I'll update again once I find something tangible.

Edit:
It seemed that no matter where I entered renpy.notify, it never displays (except for the case where readback_buffer is empty, ha).

So I resorted to removing my .rpy files one by one until I found the source of the problem: I declared my Character variables under an init -2 block. The text history code has an init -2 block as well, and the classes consume Characters, so these two blocks must be clashing in some way. I moved my Character declarations to an init -1 block and the text history now works flawlessly.