Screens for navigation and UI

[wannabedamned]

So the way I have my game at the moment is I have a screen that displays a hbox which contains imagebuttons and hotspots for navigation.

However due to the inability within renpy to show layered multiple screens at the same time, I'm having to repeat code for the GUI I have displayed.

I have a hbox for time, a hbox for the player portrait and I have a hbox for a current stat on display.

Inorder to have these 3 hboxes on display at all navigation points, i'm having to add the full code to the end of every navigation screen, even though the navigation screen is the only thing that changes.

Is there a way for me to create the 3 hboxes at the start of the code and call to them?

I'm trying to condense down my code for better use, as I have a lot of it already and I'm only just through the prologue for my game.

I do suppose the good news is, the game works perfectly! even if it is a little bulky!

[carrot]

I'm not sure what you mean about renpy not being able to show more than one screen at once. If you check the docs you can see it says "more than one screen can be shown at a time."

[SundownKid]

However due to the inability within renpy to show layered multiple screens at the same time, I'm having to repeat code for the GUI I have displayed.

It can, though...

[wannabedamned]

I have no idea where I got the idea that it couldnt from...

Looking at that page I just need to create a screen with a frame, add in my hboxes and call to it.

Is there an emoticon for being confused haha, because I've genuinely had that imaginary limitation stuck in my head from the beginning!?

[wannabedamned]

Well, My code just lost about 50 lines, and still functions perfectly. Excellent!