SetVariable isn't instant

[DesertFox]

I'm having an issue with how quickly a variable sets. The idea is to let the player select between two color schemes. However, the styles and variables don't set with one click on either button, at least to begin with. There's some middling state, where some elements are orange and some are green. You have to double click to get what you want. Any suggestions as to why the variable doesn't 'set' properly?

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screen pretheme():
    textbutton _("Green") action [StylePreference("color", "#2CD11B")], [SetVariable("orange", False)], [SetVariable("persistent.orange", False)] etc.

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init -2 python:
    renpy.register_style_preference("color", "#2CD11B", style.default, "color", "#2CD11B") etc.

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image monitor = ConditionSwitch("persistent.orange", "monitor1",
    "True", "monitor2")

[PyTom]

Is anything conditional on orange or persistent.orange? You may need to set those before calling StylePreference. A lot depends on what the actual conditions are.

[DesertFox]

Is anything conditional on orange or persistent.orange? You may need to set those before calling StylePreference. A lot depends on what the actual conditions are.

Those images using Conditionswitch are. There are several images using the same kind of thing. In the above example, monitor1 and monitor2 are other defined images, with the Conditionswitch choosing between them based on the persistent.orange variable. Then in that prescreen, there's also the textbutton to choose to set orange and persistent.orange to True, I just didn't include it.

Also set is the following:

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init -2 python:
    orange = False
    persistent.orange = orange

[philat]

A list of actions is run in order. I think what PyTom means is try putting SetVariable before StylPreference and see if that fixes the problem.

[DesertFox]

No that doesn't fix the issue. There's still a delay in that the coloring of the text and buttons (sometimes the image) doesn't set with just one click. Since it's the text sometimes too, that suggests there's an issue with StylePreference as well.

[PyTom]

Can you put together a replication so I can look at this?

[DesertFox]

Here's a replication.

[gas]

You can set the images as a part of the style definition, like a frame or window background property.
I think this is more consistent, and I applied the same to let the player choose the whole interface style between 5 colours. No bugs at all.
The choice get saved as a persistent value. So if you choose the red interface, next time you launch the game it start with the red one. If you load a game, it load the style definitions of that game.

[DesertFox]

You can set the images as a part of the style definition, like a frame or window background property.
I think this is more consistent, and I applied the same to let the player choose the whole interface style between 5 colours. No bugs at all.
The choice get saved as a persistent value. So if you choose the red interface, next time you launch the game it start with the red one. If you load a game, it load the style definitions of that game.

Considering I'm using the overlay here, how would I apply a style to that image?