How do I add image to main menu? [solved]

[PaperDragon]

Exactly what is says. I'm really new to Ren'py and although I have looked at tutorials on the internet - as well as the one that comes with Ren'py - I am unable to find one that actually works for me. After much playing around, I finally got the images to show up on the game (though none of the tutorials I found actually used the coding that eventually worked for me). Now I am trying to add a background image to the main menu of the game screen and I have tried so many things with nothing working.

I don't know what the problem is, but it usually says something like 'expected 'word' missing'. (But I've tried so many things that I cannot remember all of them.)

I'm also trying to change the color that shows up on a character name when that character is talking. I have tried the one that's in the tutorial script file: define s = Character(_('Sanya'), color="#fd482f") but the color is still white.

Please, any and all help is greatly appreciated. I'm using Ren'py 6.17.7 - if that actually makes a difference.

[xela]

Exactly what is says. I'm really new to Ren'py and although I have looked at tutorials on the internet - as well as the one that comes with Ren'py - I am unable to find one that actually works for me. After much playing around, I finally got the images to show up on the game (though none of the tutorials I found actually used the coding that eventually worked for me).

LoL?

Now I am trying to add a background image to the main menu of the game screen and I have tried so many things with nothing working.

Open screens.rpy and find main_menu screen.

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screen main_menu:
    
    # This ensures that any other menu screen is replaced.
    tag menu
    
    # The background of the main menu.
    window:
        style "mm_root"
        
    add "path_to_image"

add "path_to_image"

is a nice way to do it. You can also define it in config in options.rpy as many guides suggest.

I'm also trying to change the color that shows up on a character name when that character is talking. I have tried the one that's in the tutorial script file: define s = Character(_('Sanya'), color="#fd482f") but the color is still white.

No idea...

Please, any and all help is greatly appreciated. I'm using Ren'py 6.17.7 - if that actually makes a difference.

This doesn't matter much in these cases but it does matter for some questions.

[PaperDragon]

LoL?

Don't ask me. All I know is that it didn't work like they said it would. I even tried adding images the way the game tutorial with Ren'py said, and it didn't work. But I played with it until I got it.

Open screens.rpy and find main_menu screen.

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screen main_menu:
    
    # This ensures that any other menu screen is replaced.
    tag menu
    
    # The background of the main menu.
    window:
        style "mm_root"
        
    add "path_to_image"

add "path_to_image"

is a nice way to do it. You can also define it in config in options.rpy as many guides suggest.

Thank you so much. All this time I was trying to put the code in the wrong place. Ugh. Anyways, thank you it worked perfectly. Seriously though, that wasn't what any of the tutorials I found told me to do...

[xela]

Thank you so much. All this time I was trying to put the code in the wrong place. Ugh. Anyways, thank you it worked perfectly. Seriously though, that wasn't what any of the tutorials I found told me to do...

No problem. It's the best way I know on getting it done but most tutorials will insist on using config settings (old way). There is a lot modern Ren'Py can do that while having more than adequate documentation doesn't provide enough examples or points out its the most obvious uses.