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Posted: **Sat Nov 18, 2017 2:54 am**

I have a screen which has several images, added with...

define ico_you = "ico/you.png"
define ico_her = "ico/her.png"
define ico_him = "ico/him.png"

screen myIcons:
    zorder 10
    fixed:
        add ico_you xpos 100 ypos 300
        add ico_her xpos 100 ypos 500
        add ico_him xpos 100 ypos 700

How can I relocate them, changing the xpos and/or ypos? I "defined" them, in hopes that I could alter the attributes that way, but I am not having any luck getting them to move. Define is apparently just a "name" of the "path", not the actual image, located at the path.

I need them to move over to another location, to indicate the rooms they are in. (Not a transition, just a blunt relocation to new X,Y positions.)

Is there another way I should do this? I put them on a screen, so I can hide them when the dialogue displays and only show them when needed. There are many more icons and actual positions. This is simplified for this example only.

NOTE: Using this... will not work, giving errors... though it says ADD accepts images and displayables...

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image ico_you = "ico/you.png"

screen myIcons:
    zorder 10
    fixed:
        add ico_you xpos 100 ypos 300

NameError: name "ico_you" is not defined

https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screens.html#add

Add
Adds an image or other displayable to the screen.

https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/displayables.html#images

Can I do this something like how the dialogue-box ADDs an image...
add SideImage()
but, obviously... My code instead. Because, SideImage() is a built-in for RenPy, I think.
add MyImage()

I assume that I might be able to create a function that returns an image, with properties set, as the MyImage()... Not sure how to setup that, within a function, exactly.

Posted: **Sat Nov 18, 2017 5:29 am**

I opted for python code to hammer the images onto a custom layer instead.

Took a while to figure-out everything I needed, but there didn't seem to be a native RenPy solution, that I could find. Lots of info in the help-files, but no actual examples to show you where any of the proposed info actually goes. Leaves me guessing again, and 99% of the guesses seem to be wrong.

I am using a python function to "update", X and Y positions, using renpy.show() and Transform(). The layer being hidden with renpy.hide().

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image ico_you = "ico/you.png"

init python:
    config.layers = [ 'master', 'transient', 'screens', 'myLayer', 'overlay' ]

    YOU = "out"
    LOC = {"home":[100,300], "out":[100,500]}

    def funcMoveMe():
        global YOU
        global LOC
        if YOU == "":
            renpy.hide("ico_you", layer="myLayer")
            # Hide the whole layer...
            # renpy.scene(layer="myLayer")
        else:
            z = Transform(xpos=LOC[YOU][0], ypos=LOC[YOU][1])
            renpy.show("ico_you", at_list=[z], layer="myLayer", zorder=11)
        
label start:
    $YOU = "out"
    $ funcMoveMe()
    "YOU: [YOU]"
    
    $YOU = "home"
    $ funcMoveMe()
    "YOU: [YOU]"
    
    $YOU = ""
    $ funcMoveMe()
    "YOU: Gone"

The value $YOU, is set by clicking on buttons, or by dialogue interactions. The function funcMoveMe(), is fired with the same button-action and manually done, within dialogue, after changing the value of $YOU.

This is not just for one character, but for all characters within the game. They move to the specific location where they can be found. That code is a little more complex.

P.S. ATL code is a nightmare and in severe need of functional code-samples. Depreciated code that it replaces, isn't much better. "Position()" went from being something that was manageable for a "writer", to being something that is co-dependent on being an advanced coder in python. There is no middle-ground on much of this code.

Posted: **Mon Nov 20, 2017 10:35 am**

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image ico_you = "ico/you.png"
NameError: name "ico_you" is not defined

Had trouble with this too not long ago. To make it work and still be able to use image statement:

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image ico_you = "ico/you.png"

#And in the screen:
add 'ico_you' xpos 100 ypos 300

Adding the image name between quotes seems to fix the issue for me. Not sure why this isn't in the documentation though, it seems to be a very common problem. As for making them move ATL with arguments would probably be the best way, depending on what you want to do.

Posted: **Mon Nov 20, 2017 2:26 pm**

Yea, I opted for ATL.

It is more powerful for manipulation, just not real clear on how to actually do it. Not to mention, applying it is a two-part process.

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