How to name custom save/load slots[SOLVED]

[Pinlin]

Hello, I wondered if it is possible to name your save/load slots with multiple variables?
For example:
[1] Slot number
[2] Date/time
[3] Character route
[4] Chapter number
[5] Day number

It should look like this:

What I currently got is:

Right now I've only used 1 variable and the text goes outside the box. The code, \n, that is used for breaking to next line doesn't work if I place it like this in the script. Renpy ignores them:

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$ save_name = "Jack Route \n Chapter 1 \n Day 22"

or place it here, because errors will occur.

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screen load_save_slot:
    $ file_text = "%2s. %s\n  %s" % (
                        FileSlotName(number, 6),
                        FileTime(number, empty=_("Empty Slot.")),
                        "\n",
                        FileSaveName(number)) 

Anyway, that was one way I tried to approach it. I have read these threads:
viewtopic.php?f=8&t=37166&hilit=custom+save+slot
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/save_loa ... -variables

but I still don't understand how to use multiple variables for naming save/load slots.
I'd understand better with samples, thank you in advance.

[chocoberrie]

This is an excellent question! I am trying to find a solution for it; I'd like to know as well! (currently reading through this)

Hopefully someone around here knows what to do

[chocoberrie]

I found this thread that shows the use of /n to make the slot text show up in multiple lines:

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$ file_text = "{size=+4}{i}%s{/i}{/size}\n%s: %s" % (
                        FileSaveName(number),
                        FileSlotName(number, 4),
                        FileTime(number, format='%B %d, %Y \n    (%I:%M%p)', empty=_("Empty Slot."))
                        )

From this, it looks like /n is supposed to go before the bit of code that you want to have on the next line.

• %s is the file name that shows up in the slot
• %B is the month
• %d is the day
• %Y is the year
• (%I:%M%p) shows the time in hours:minutes am/pm in parentheses on a new line because /n comes before it

Based on all of that, maybe try this?

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screen load_save_slot:
    $ file_text = "%2s. %s\n  %s" % (
                        FileSlotName(number, 6),
                        FileTime(number, empty=_("Empty Slot.")),
                        FileSaveName(number))

This will show:

4. Jun 16, 14:45
Jack Route
Chapter 1

I'm not quite sure how you could add Day 12 on a new line... The above code only has three strings in quotation marks, not four.

(I referenced this thread for more info about the strings involved in file_text)

[Pinlin]

@chocoberrie

Sorry for the late reply. Thank you a lot for the help, I solved it. It was just like you said. To add another line, I solved with adding \n within the quotes.
Somehow it works now:

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$ save_name =  "   Jack Route\n     Chapter 1\n     Day 12"

It shows:
4. Jun 14, 8:03

• Jack Route
  Chapter 1
  Day 12

I added spaces to make the lines align. There must be more ways, but I go for this simple solution.