Is it possible to pass on a parameter to a another screen?

[SLim_Games]

Hi,
so you can give a parameter (correct me this is the wrong name) to a screen like

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label test:
	show screen testscreen("image.png")
	
screen testscreen(pic1):
	add pic1

My question is if it is possible to give that parameter to another screen when I call a screen with a screen like:

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screen test1(pic1):
	imagemap:
		ground "image.png"
		action Show("screen2(pic1)")
		
screen test2(pic2):
	add pic2

is there a way to pass over the parameter?

[Remix]

action [ Function( renpy.show_screen, "test2", pic1 ) ]

[SLim_Games]

action [ Function( renpy.show_screen, "test2", pic1 ) ]

thank you soooo much you saved my life

[kivik]

Remix, I'm going to disagree on this one!

According to the docs: https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screen_actions.html#Show

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Show(screen, transition=None, *args, **kwargs) link

You can use pass additional arguments and keyword arguments. So in your example OP this should work:

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action Show("test2", pic1) # you showed us a screen called test2 not screen2

If it doesn't, then you should definitely get it work adding the keyword for the parameters:

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action Show("test2", pic2=pic1)

OP: Just to clarify, you don't need to give your screen / function parameters different parameter names (pic1 in test1, pic2 in test2). Parameters are treated as "local variables" and not global, which means within the screen, your parameter name is safe to be used without colliding with any global variables with the same name. Try just using pic as the parameter names and you'll see the code works fine - and you'll save yourself managing a load of different variable names for every screen / function you create

[Remix]

Ah, the good old "reply before checking whether the other Action supports parameters" mistake... oops.
(must have had it muddled with inline show or some other thing)

So saying, the Function action is generally a good one to teach (and learn) as it always supports passig *args and **kwargs.

Well spotted though kivik