Keeping NVL screen from disappearing when using ADV

[Treladon]

Hello,

So what I've been wanting to do is basically use NVL mode for narration and ADV mode for character dialogue (EDIT: I'd like to add that I'm trying to keep the NVL screen from disappearing when I switch back to ADV). I know this isn't normally possible, so I've tried to define a pseudo-NVL screen that displays text I append to a list. However, all that happens is that the window displays for a second, then disappears. Could someone help me?

Here is the relevant code:

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screen new_nvl(nar_dialogue=[]): #basically a copy of screen nvl_dialogue found in screens.rpy
    window:
        style "nvl_window"
        has vbox:
            spacing gui.nvl_spacing
            for d in nar_dialogue:
                window:
                    id d.window_id
                    fixed:
                        yfit gui.nvl_height is None
                        text d:
                            id d.narsay_id
                            
init python:
	nar_dialogue=[]
        def nar(nar_say):
            nar_dialogue.append(nar_say)
        def nar_clear():
            global nar_dialogue
            nar_dialogue[:]=[]
            return nar_dialogue

Here's an example of the code that would execute this in-game:

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    show screen new_nvl
    $nar("Valemira decided that she couldn't truly be in hell unless she knew it.")
    $nar("The thought struck her suddenly when one of the sisters knocked on the door to say, quite incredulously,")
    $nar("that she had received a visitor.")
    $nar_clear
    hide screen new_nvl

The only other page I could find related to this is this one, which seemed to end with no solution.

[Morhighan]

I very frequently used ADV for dialogue and NVL for narration. I usually do it like this...

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define n = Character(None, kind=nvl)
define v = Character('Valemira', color="#ffffff")


label start:

	n "Valemira decided that she couldn't truly be in hell unless she knew it."
	n "The thought struck her suddenly when one of the sisters knocked on the door to say, quite incredulously, that she had received a visitor."
	nvl clear
	
	v "Hello? Who is it?"

I'm not sure what you are doing in the first post, as it seems a bit over-complicated to me. NVL mode works pretty instantly once you assign it to a character. Just make sure to use "nvl clear" after every line that you want to have a break. I hope this helps!

[Treladon]

I very frequently used ADV for dialogue and NVL for narration. I usually do it like this...

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define n = Character(None, kind=nvl)
define v = Character('Valemira', color="#ffffff")


label start:

	n "Valemira decided that she couldn't truly be in hell unless she knew it."
	n "The thought struck her suddenly when one of the sisters knocked on the door to say, quite incredulously, that she had received a visitor."
	nvl clear
	
	v "Hello? Who is it?"

I'm not sure what you are doing in the first post, as it seems a bit over-complicated to me. NVL mode works pretty instantly once you assign it to a character. Just make sure to use "nvl clear" after every line that you want to have a break. I hope this helps!

Thanks for the reply! I guess I should have made myself a little clearer. I'm trying to keep the NVL screen from disappearing every time I switch back to ADV. Does that seem feasible to you?

[Treladon]

Is this really more trouble than it's worth? I'm really stuck over here.

[Qlara]

This is just an idea (but it's a quick and easy test); perhaps you could create a character and customize that character's window to look like your desired nvl screen. Since you want to show things simultaneously, you probably want that window in the upper half somewhere.

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define v = Character ('Ada', color="#c4dfff", what_color="#c4dfff", what_xpos=220)
define h = Character (None, what_size=25, what_ypos=-100) # this window should now be above the other one
v "Valemira decided that she couldn't truly be in hell unless she knew it." (multiple=2)
mh "This should be above the other text now" (multiple=2)

I just dropped that code into the Ren'Py Demo and got both windows together, but haven't tested beyond that. Maybe you could try playing with that.
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/multiple.html