Multiple Title Screens

[BitticusRex]

Hello everyone!

I'm having some difficulty with changing the title screen for my VN. Here is the goal:

The player will see the "main_menu_default" screen the first time they start the program, since persistent.title wouldn't have a value. Once the player clears the prologue, their decisions will determine which character they are going to be playing as. I want to change the title screen based on which character they get. I added the following code to the ends of each route:

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init -2:
     $ persistent.title = "Tristan Title"

and

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init -2:
     $ persistent.title = "Cooper Title"

and here is the code in my "screens.rpy"

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screen main_menu:
    tag menu
    
    if persistent.title == "Tristan Title":
        use main_menu_tristan
    elif persistent.title == "Cooper Title":
        use main_menu_cooper
    else:
        use main_menu_default
        
screen main_menu_default:
    tag menu

    imagemap:
        ground "title.png"
        hover "titlehover.png"

        hotspot (386, 147, 195, 74) action Start()
        hotspot (581, 147, 170, 75) action ShowMenu("load")
        hotspot (751, 146, 157, 78) action ShowMenu("preferences")
        hotspot (0,678,46,40) action OpenURL("https://www.patreon.com/aego?ty=h")
        hotspot (1238,679,37,36)  action OpenURL("https://twitter.com/projectaego")
        
        alpha False
        
screen main_menu_tristan:
    tag menu
    
    imagemap:
        ground "tristantitle.png"
        hover "tristantitlehover.png"
        
        hotspot (1089, 429, 144, 27) action Start()
        hotspot (1089, 458, 143, 31) action ShowMenu("load")
        hotspot (1131, 493, 101, 27) action ShowMenu("preferences")
        hotspot (1147, 522, 85, 27) action ShowMenu()
        hotspot (1143, 555, 91, 27) action ShowMenu()
            
        alpha False
        
screen main_menu_cooper:
    tag menu

    imagemap:
        ground "coopertitle.png"
        hover "coopertitlehover.png"
        
        hotspot (40, 427, 163, 32) action Start()
        hotspot (39, 458, 160, 36) action ShowMenu("load")
        hotspot (45, 494, 117, 31) action ShowMenu("preferences")
        hotspot (44, 527, 103, 30) action ShowMenu()
        hotspot (44, 559, 97, 29) action ShowMenu()
        
        alpha False

So here's the weird thing, even after deleting the persistent data and starting the game fresh, it wants to show the "Tristan" main menu right off the bat, and it doesn't seem to make a difference which character I end up getting, and after I clear the game, it returns to the "Tristan" title screen. (It also doesn't have any music this time.)

I'm pretty stumped on this one. My programming knowledge is pretty limited, but I followed the directions on here: https://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/doc/co ... g_the_game

Thanks in advance for your help here, it is much appreciated!

[chocoberrie]

I've never tried this before, but my first thought is that you numbered the init blocks with the same number...? You used init-2 for both menus. Try using init-2 for Tristan's menu and init-3 for Cooper's menu!

[BitticusRex]

I've never tried this before, but my first thought is that you numbered the init blocks with the same number...? You used init-2 for both menus. Try using init-2 for Tristan's menu and init-3 for Cooper's menu!

Ok, so I tried this, and now it switched to Cooper's menu, but it only shows his now, even if I clear the game with the path that should change the persistent.title to "Tristan Title" (and thus launch Tristan's title screen going forward). Also, even clearing the persistent data and launching still shows Cooper's screen now, when I want it to show the "Default" screen.

I think I'm not getting something right with the init function. Should I even have the function there if what I want is for the persistent.title variable to change when that specific point is reached?

[BitticusRex]

A little update on this. I managed to get it to work correctly!

One thing I'm curious about. Is it possible, upon loading a file, to check a variable in that save file, and then load persistent data based on that variable? For instance, I want the title screen to change based on which file was loaded last. If the player loads a file where they played as Cooper, then overwrite persistent.title to "Cooper Title" or if they load a file where they are playing as Tristan to overwrite persistent.title to "Tristan Title"?