Expected Statements and Slow Text

[dIgItayel]

Hi guys I'm currently trying to figure out how to make my default text style slow text (I've looked online but all of the threads so far are really confusing for me) and what my problem is in part of my script.
For the script problem, here's the error file:

I'm sorry, but errors were detected in your script. Please correct the
errors listed below, and try again.


File "game/script.rpy", line 97: expected statement.
spirit = True
^

Ren'Py Version: Ren'Py 6.99.12.4.2187

Basically what I was trying to do was make a certain choice option only show if the player chose a specific thing earlier. The menu itself would still show if the player did not choose the specific thing earlier in the game, it's just that one of the choices would no longer show. In my actual script, I do have the python symbol ($) before the word spirit. Here's my code for what I just explained:


"Are you a spirit?":
$ spirit = True

(So, if the player chooses to ask that, then "spirit" should become true.)

"Are you his guardian?" if spirit == True:

(I also have this as a later choice. Two other questions are also present, but they can be asked no matter what the player did earlier in the game.)

Thanks~

[famakki1]

Well this is a brute force method since I am a beginner myself but maybe this works:

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label start:

   a "Yada yada"

   b "Yada yada"

   c "Now I will branch story into two parts."

   if spirit = True:
     jump spirittrue

   jump spiritfalse

label spirittrue:
   menu:
     "Are you a spirit?":
         jump tostory
     "Choice 2":
         jump tostory
     "Choice 3:
         jump tostory

label spiritfalse
   menu:
     "Choice 2":
         jump tostory
     "Choice 3:
         jump tostory

label tostory:
   a "Story continues"

Of course you can control what each label does...I guess what I am saying is make 2 labels with 2 menus, with one label only accessible if $ spirit = True. Indentations may not be accurate in my code.

Furthermore, if you want to include the choice but make it unselectable...modify the choice screen to:

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screen choice:

    window: 
        style "menu_window"        
        xalign 0.5
        yalign 0.5
        
        vbox:
            style "menu"
            spacing 2
            
            for caption, action, chosen in items:
                
                if action:  
                    
                    if " (disabled)" in caption:
                        $ caption = caption.replace(" (disabled)", "")
                        button:
                            action None
                            style "menu_choice_button"
                            
                            text caption style "menu_choice"
                    else:
                        button:
                            action action
                            style "menu_choice_button"

                            text caption style "menu_choice"
                    
                else:
                    text caption style "menu_caption"

Then in the menu:

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label spiritfalse:
   menu:
     "Are you a spirit?" (disabled):
         jump tostory
     "Choice 2":
         jump tostory
     "Choice 3:
         jump tostory

This thread is the original one viewtopic.php?f=8&t=25453&p=313338&hili ... ce#p313338
Credit to bg_nocturnal

[dIgItayel]

Well this is a brute force method since I am a beginner myself but maybe this works:

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label start:

   a "Yada yada"

   b "Yada yada"

   c "Now I will branch story into two parts."

   if spirit = True:
     jump spirittrue

   jump spiritfalse

label spirittrue:
   menu:
     "Are you a spirit?":
         jump tostory
     "Choice 2":
         jump tostory
     "Choice 3:
         jump tostory

label spiritfalse
   menu:
     "Choice 2":
         jump tostory
     "Choice 3:
         jump tostory

label tostory:
   a "Story continues"

Of course you can control what each label does...I guess what I am saying is make 2 labels with 2 menus, with one label only accessible if $ spirit = True. Indentations may not be accurate in my code.

Furthermore, if you want to include the choice but make it unselectable...modify the choice screen to:

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screen choice:

    window: 
        style "menu_window"        
        xalign 0.5
        yalign 0.5
        
        vbox:
            style "menu"
            spacing 2
            
            for caption, action, chosen in items:
                
                if action:  
                    
                    if " (disabled)" in caption:
                        $ caption = caption.replace(" (disabled)", "")
                        button:
                            action None
                            style "menu_choice_button"
                            
                            text caption style "menu_choice"
                    else:
                        button:
                            action action
                            style "menu_choice_button"

                            text caption style "menu_choice"
                    
                else:
                    text caption style "menu_caption"

Then in the menu:

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label spiritfalse:
   menu:
     "Are you a spirit?" (disabled):
         jump tostory
     "Choice 2":
         jump tostory
     "Choice 3:
         jump tostory

This thread is the original one viewtopic.php?f=8&t=25453&p=313338&hili ... ce#p313338
Credit to bg_nocturnal

The thing is, the spirit = true code itself isn't working. I keep getting the expected statement error.

[famakki1]

Instead of true/false, use 0 and 1.

so define...

In the script:

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$ spirit = 1

This should work.

I think for text you need to 'assign' in if statement (double equal signs), ie. $ spirit = True, then declare as:

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if spirit == True: #double equal signs
   jump tostory

EDIT:

I quickly tested the following code and it works:

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label start:
    
    scene white    

    "You've created a new Ren'Py game."
    
    $ spirit = True
    
    if spirit == True:   #if you comment the jump and if statement, game will return to main menu.
        jump spirit        #otherwise game should jump to label spirit
        
    return
        
label spirit:
    "spirit is true"

[dIgItayel]

Instead of true/false, use 0 and 1.

so define...

In the script:

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$ spirit = 1

This should work.

I think for text you need to 'assign' in if statement (double equal signs), ie. $ spirit = True, then declare as:

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if spirit == True: #double equal signs
   jump tostory

EDIT:

I quickly tested the following code and it works:

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label start:
    
    scene white    

    "You've created a new Ren'Py game."
    
    $ spirit = True
    
    if spirit == True:   #if you comment the jump and if statement, game will return to main menu.
        jump spirit        #otherwise game should jump to label spirit
        
    return
        
label spirit:
    "spirit is true"

I tried that, but it still said "spirit" was undefined.

[famakki1]

Can you show your code on how you are defining the variable for 'spirit'?

If you copy and paste the above example into a new project, it works fine, so you can replicate that but I think the issue is related to the way you are defining the variable.

EDIT: Make sure you are using the 'dollar' sign. ie. $ spirit = True since your error is reading:

File "game/script.rpy", line 97: expected statement.
spirit = True
^

[dIgItayel]

Here's the code for defining "spirit"

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 "Are you a spirit?":
            $ spirit = True
            "So, Sera...You're a spirit, right?"
            

And for the menu:

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 menu:
        "What do you want to talk about?"
        
        "Where do you guys live?":
            pn "So do you guys live close to the campus?"
            s "Oh! We live together, actually. We're roommates! We live about a mile off campus in this little rental house."
            n "Living with Sera is actually awful. Please save me."
            s "Oh shut up, you know you looooove me!"
            n "A-As if!"
            jump finding_out
            
        "Are you two dating?":
            pn "So, uh, are you two...dating?"
            n "W-WHAAAAT?!"
            s "Nonononononono! We're not dating!"
            n "E-Ew. No."
            s "Besides, I'm like, the most gay person ever. Like, ever. Feel free to call me the Ultimate Gay. And Naois here is about as straight as a circle."
            n "S-Sera!"
            s "Oh, I'm sorrrrrry. You're sensitive~ Hehehe"
            jump finding_out
            
        "Are you his guardian?" if spirit == True:
            pn "Are you Naois' Guardian?"
            jump naois_guardian
            

[famakki1]

I don't know what the issue could be, however, I have attached a Renpy project containing your code which is working, which can help I hope.

Here's the code for defining "spirit"

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 "Are you a spirit?":
            $ spirit = True
            "So, Sera...You're a spirit, right?"
            

I do not know if you made this part of menu, but this code can't work unless part of a menu.

[dIgItayel]

I don't know what the issue could be, however, I have attached a Renpy project containing your code which is working, which can help I hope.

Here's the code for defining "spirit"

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 "Are you a spirit?":
            $ spirit = True
            "So, Sera...You're a spirit, right?"
            

I do not know if you made this part of menu, but this code can't work unless part of a menu.

That's basically the exact code I have.

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 menu:
        "What do you say?"

        "Is this a safe neighborhood?":
           pn "So, uh... Is this a safe neighborhood?"
           s "Oh! Well, not really if I'm being honest... There's a lot of poverty near here, so there's a lot of crime..."
           pn "Does that include-"
           s "Yeah. Murder. Look, don't worry about it. Just stay near the campus and don't go seekin' trouble."
           
           jump meet_naois
            
    

        "Are you a spirit?":
            $ spirit = True
            "So, Sera...You're a spirit, right?"
            
            jump spirit_sera

It's weird, the code works when I select "Are you a spirit?", but if I select "Is this a safe neighborhood?" it doesn't work. Here's the error I get after choosing "Is this a safe neighborhood?" and playing on:

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While running game code:
  File "game/script.rpy", line 189, in script
    menu:
  File "game/script.rpy", line 210, in <module>
    "Are you his guardian?" if spirit == True:
NameError: name 'spirit' is not defined

It says it's not defined, but it works just fine when I choose "Are you a spirit?"

[korova]

It says it's not defined, but it works just fine when I choose "Are you a spirit?"

Because it's the only time you actually "define" the variable (= make it exist)
If you don't choose "Are you a spirit", the "spirit" variable is not defined.

You'll have to put

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default spirit = False

at the beginning of your script.
This way, the variable always exists, and become true only if you choose "Are you a spirit"