Making user to decided two characters ?

[nixrlz]

i've been trying to make a VN where the user can decided which character they want to play and to let them choose , i decided to make a branch button so they can choose it base on the image i display in the screen.
the problem is what is the python code for that? i've been looking for tutorial but non able to solve my problem so far.
i cant make an image as a choices button and to make the script remember the characther that the user choose. please help with example code so i can understand . thankyou !

[Milkymalk]

So basically you want two buttons that set a variable when clicked or branch off to a different path. You don't need (much) python, you need screen language instead.
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screens.html
Keywords that will be useful are Frame, Hbox, Vbox and Imagebutton (and the actions SetVariable and Jump from here: https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screen_actions.html).

[Sarchalen]

Pretty much what he said ^ Theres a few ways to do it but the easiest is probably to set it up like a menu, though with a different screen than your usual menus that displays your "character picker" Essentially it's just a menu that looks a little different. You can use your button to set a variable, you've just got to make sure to do a check to make sure only one button can be enabled at a time. You don't want some weird bug popping up if someone were to press both buttons.

[nixrlz]

but how to make the system to remember the choice we choose , like if there is a 2 choice between mc1 and mc2 , how to make them remember as one 1 variable?

[Remix]

Very basic example...

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define g = Character("Girl")
define b = Character("Boy")

label start:
    "Words"
    menu:
        "Girl":
            $ player = Character(kind=g)
        "Boy":
            $ player = Character(kind=b)
    player "Words said by chosen type"

I am not too sure how that handles images though, whether 'show player happy' would effectively look for 'g happy' or 'b happy' (to cut down on repeated code) -
Maybe test it with different image='img_tag' parameters in the defines...
If it works ok with a menu as above, just tweak it to use imagebuttons

[nixrlz]

Very basic example...

Code: Select all

define g = Character("Girl")
define b = Character("Boy")

label start:
    "Words"
    menu:
        "Girl":
            $ player = Character(kind=g)
        "Boy":
            $ player = Character(kind=b)
    player "Words said by chosen type"

I am not too sure how that handles images though, whether 'show player happy' would effectively look for 'g happy' or 'b happy' (to cut down on repeated code) -
Maybe test it with different image='img_tag' parameters in the defines...
If it works ok with a menu as above, just tweak it to use imagebuttons

yes i use that to determine the character but my problem remain unsolved
the question is How do I link user choice to two variable ?
FOR EXAMPLE :

$ USERCHOICE = "X" OR "Y"

X = IMAGE_CHARACTER1

Y= IMAGE_CHARACTER2

the chosen X or Y become 1 variable = image CHOOSENCHARATER

so i can just type

show image CHOOSENCHARACTER

and the shown image will depend on user choice(whether it's X or Y)

[Remix]

It seems to work fine using string interpolation in the image name = "" bits...

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define g = Character("Girl")
define b = Character("Boy")

default image_tag = "girl"
image player happy = "images/[image_tag]_happy.png"

label start:
    "Words"
    menu:
        "Girl":
            $ player = Character(kind=g)
        "Boy":
            $ player, image_tag = Character(kind=b), "boy"
    player "Words said by chosen type"
    # shows images/boy_happy.png for choice 'boy' else girl_happy.png
    show player happy at truecenter
    "words"

Other than the imagebuttons question, does that cover your needs?

imagebutton .... action [ SetVariable( player, Character(kind=g) ), SetVariable( image_tag, "girl" ) ] should/might steer you on your way