Credits Page - 00start.rpy?

[CellHG]

I'm trying to add a credits page to my game main menu.

I've created the screen for it in the screens.rpy file & linked it in the main menu as such:

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        hotspot ( 1434, 176, 396, 80) action Start() hovered Show("menutip", my_picture = "menu/button/menutip1.png", my_tt_xpos=1380, my_tt_ypos=1013) unhovered Hide("menutip")
        hotspot ( 1434, 272, 396, 80) action [ShowMenu("load"), Hide("menutip")] hovered Show("menutip", my_picture = "menu/button/menutip2.png", my_tt_xpos=1380, my_tt_ypos=1013) unhovered Hide("menutip")
        hotspot ( 1434, 366, 396, 80) action [ShowMenu("preferences")] hovered Show("menutip", my_picture = "menu/button/menutip3.png", my_tt_xpos=1380, my_tt_ypos=1013) unhovered Hide("menutip")
        hotspot ( 1434, 462, 396, 80) action [ShowMenu("credits"), Hide("mainmenu")] hovered Show("menutip", my_picture = "menu/button/menutip4.png", my_tt_xpos=1380, my_tt_ypos=1013) unhovered Hide("menutip")
        hotspot ( 1434, 557, 396, 80) action Quit(confirm=True) hovered Show("menutip", my_picture = "menu/button/menutip5.png", my_tt_xpos=1380, my_tt_ypos=1013) unhovered Hide("menutip")

but I keep getting the following error when clicking on credits on the menu:

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While running game code:
  File "renpy/common/00start.rpy", line 256, in script
    python:
  File "renpy/common/00start.rpy", line 260, in <module>
    renpy.call_in_new_context("_main_menu")
  File "renpy/common/00action_menu.rpy", line 100, in __call__
    raise Exception("%r is not a screen or a label." % orig_screen)
Exception: u'credits' is not a screen or a label.

What am I doing wrong?

[Ace94]

I believe you have to have it declared as a label first in script.rpy and then have the label called back in your button like this:

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action Start('credits')

credits being the name of your label.

[ArcialIntegra]

Um... I'm not sure if I'll be any help, but did you first take a look at the "About" screen's code and try modifying that to be a "Credits" screen? I don't really know anything about editing the 00start.rpy file, but I was able to create a Credits screen by manipulating the "About" screen. If that's not what you're looking for, you may still need to create a label for your credits in script.rpy like Ace94 said. Alternatively, you may not have the label in your screens.rpy properly identified according to your hotspot. Can you share us that code as well? (Redacted if needed to conserve space.)

[CellHG]

I decided to totally re-code it, using the same code and it somehow starting working, must have missed something the first time around