Newbie questions about Ren'py features

[ricpelo]

Hi! This is the first time I post here . I'm thinking about using Ren'py for my next project, but I have a couple of questions:

1. Can I play Theora videos WITH SUBTITLES?

2. Has Ren'py suppor for localization & internationalization out of the box?

Thank you very much in advance, and sorry if my questions are too basic!

[PyTom]

1. Soft-subtitles are not supported. You can use a number of tools to "bake in" hard subtitles, although that's less than ideal.

2. Yes, see: http://www.renpy.org/doc/html/translation.html

[ricpelo]

Great! Thank you very much for your reply .

[ricpelo]

By the way: what about print subtitles above the video using Ren'py texts visualizacion capabilities? Too overkill, maybe?

[PyTom]

Hm...

You could do it by hand, but drawing something on top the video like that requires Ren'Py to use a slower path for video playback. So I don't recommend it unless it's the only way. (And it won't work at all on Android and iOS, since the slow path is too slow.)

[ricpelo]

Thanks again, PyTom .