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Editing and Ending a Rhythm Game Loop...

#1 Post by VAPMichaelaLaws »

Heyo!

I'm trying my darnedest to make a Dance QTE happen in my short VN and my first attempt to make something happen using only screens and timers did not work (ending with a laggy playback and an obnoxious amount of timing issues).

So I took to the interwebs and found this:
viewtopic.php?p=348727#p348727

I wanted to utilize it (giving proper credit of course) but when testing this code, I found that it's an eternal loop. Since the song the mini game is used for is only 63 seconds, this is an issue.

This is my edit to the code, but it's still unfortunately looping forever. My GOAL for it is two conditions:
1. If the player consistently hits the dance button successfully on it's marker during the duration of that 63 seconds, the game ends and the story continues (Label "dance_success")
2. If the player misses THREE times (whether it be misclicking or letting the target run past the marker), the game ends and the story goes to a bad end (Label "dance_failure")

Regardless, the loop needs to break and I have NO clue how to even do that.

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init python:
    config.screen_width=1280
    config.screen_height=800
    import time
    import pygame
    MOUSEBUTTONDOWN=pygame.MOUSEBUTTONDOWN
    
    class RhythmD(object):
        def __init__(self, sprite, speed, delay, ypos=0):
            self.sprite = sprite
            self.speed = speed
            self.delay = delay
            self.show = manager.create(sprite)
            self.show.x = -200
            self.show.y = ypos
            self.moving = False # No point in checking if it isn't.
            
        def update(self):
            if store.t + self.delay < time.time():
                self.moving = True
                self.x = self.x + self.speed
            else:
                pass
            
        @property
        def x(self):
            return self.show.x
        @x.setter
        def x(self, value):
            self.show.x = value
            
        @property
        def y(self):
            return self.show.y
        @y.setter
        def y(self, value):
            self.show.y = value
            
    def sprites_update(st):
        for sprite in sprites[:]:
            sprite.update()
            if sprite.x > config.screen_width:
                sprite.show.destroy()
                sprites.remove(sprite)
        return 0.05
        
    def sprites_event(ev, x, y, st):
        if ev.type == MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
            if ev.button == 1:
                hit = False
                for sprite in sprites[:]:
                    if sprite.moving:
                        if int(sprite.x) in store.targets:
                            store.hits += 1
                            hit = True
                            sprite.show.destroy()
                            sprites.remove(sprite)
                            break
                if not hit:
                    store.misses += 1
                renpy.restart_interaction()
                
screen show_vars:
    text "Misses: [misses], Hits: [hits]" xalign 0.5
    add "practicebutton.png":
        pos (1000, 100)
        
    timer 63.0 action Jump("omgyayyoudidit") #63 seconds is the length of the song. GAME MUST END AT END OF SONG.
                
label rhythm_qte:
    play music "WALTZ.ogg"
    
    python:
        hits = 0
        misses = 0
        t = time.time()
        manager = SpriteManager(update=sprites_update, event=sprites_event)
        sprite = Image("practicebutton1.png")
        targets = set(1000+i for i in xrange(-200, 200))
        sprites = []
        td = 0
        for i in xrange(100):
            td += renpy.random.choice([0.5, 1, 2]) #TIMED SPACING
            sprites.append(RhythmD(Image("practicebutton.png"), 31, td, 100)) #image, time of distance, time of spawn, ypos
            
        renpy.show_screen("show_vars")
        renpy.show("_", what=manager, zorder=1)
        
    while True:
        $ result = ui.interact()
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#2 Post by kivik »

I'm glance reading as I'm in a rush, but I assume the while True part at the end is the infinite loop. You want to use a variable to determine whether the loop should continue, then change the variable from True to False when it's finished.

What I don't know at a quick glance is whether you have the code to check if the entire sequence has been completed, though given your description and this line, I assume you don't:

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    timer 63.0 action Jump("omgyayyoudidit") #63 seconds is the length of the song. GAME MUST END AT END OF SONG.
But I assume that line doesn't actually jump you to the label (which seems weird), or maybe something else is afoot. So perhaps change it to SetVariable() which alters your while loop variable:

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default qte_loop = True

...

    timer 63.0 action SetVariable("qte_loop", False) #63 seconds is the length of the song. GAME MUST END AT END OF SONG.

...

while qte_loop:
    ui.interact()

# should get to here after 63 seconds
jump dance_success
I don't see code that checks for failure of 3 times though, do you need help to add them as well? I assume you insert them in the if not hit: block to check for 3 misses and do a renpy.jump("dance_failure").

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#3 Post by VAPMichaelaLaws »

Hello! Thank you for the assist!

I added a block at the end of the if not hit code and it works!

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    def sprites_event(ev, x, y, st):
        if ev.type == MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
            if ev.button == 1:
                hit = False
                for sprite in sprites[:]:
                    if sprite.moving:
                        if int(sprite.x) in store.targets:
                            store.hits += 1
                            hit = True
                            sprite.show.destroy()
                            sprites.remove(sprite)
                            break
                if not hit:
                    store.misses += 1
                    if misses == 3:
                        renpy.hide_screen("show_vars")
                        renpy.hide("_")
                        renpy.jump("dance_failure")
                renpy.restart_interaction(
Now I only need to define that missing the mark also counts as a miss...

---

Otherwise, I added

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default qte_loop = True
to the code and changed my jump to the SetVariable, but it still loops past the timer.

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screen show_vars:
    text "Misses: [misses], Hits: [hits]" xalign 0.5
    add "practicebutton.png":
        pos (1000, 100)
        
    timer 63.0 action SetVariable("qte_loop", False) #63 seconds is the length of the song. GAME MUST END AT END OF SONG.
                
label rhythm_qte:
    play music "WALTZ.ogg"
    
    default qte_loop = True
    
    python:
        hits = 0
        misses = 0
        t = time.time()
        manager = SpriteManager(update=sprites_update, event=sprites_event)
        sprite = Image("practicebutton1.png")
        targets = set(1000+i for i in xrange(-200, 200))
        sprites = []
        td = 0
        for i in xrange(100):
            td += renpy.random.choice([0.5, 1, 2]) #TIMED SPACING
            sprites.append(RhythmD(Image("practicebutton.png"), 31, td, 100)) #image, time of distance, time of spawn, ypos
            
        renpy.show_screen("show_vars")
        renpy.show("_", what=manager, zorder=1)
        
    while qte_loop:
        $ result = ui.interact()

# should get to here after 63 seconds
    jump dance_success
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#4 Post by kivik »

Sounds like the timer's not firing at all for whatever reason - which was what i was concerned about originally. I can have a look this evening when I'm back home, but meanwhile can you move the timer line to the start of the screen to see if it makes a difference?

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#5 Post by VAPMichaelaLaws »

I moved it to the top and there was no change )=

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screen show_vars:
    timer 63.0 action SetVariable("qte_loop", False) #63 seconds is the length of the song. GAME MUST END AT END OF SONG.
    
    text "Misses: [misses], Hits: [hits]" xalign 0.5
    add "practicebutton.png":
        pos (1000, 100)
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#6 Post by kivik »

Bummer, seems like something is making the timer not fire on your screen, which is weird. Can you change the timer to 1 seconds and see if it does anything?

I'm not familiar with the ui.interact() to know if it causes problems along side screen timers - if so that's bad.

If a shorter timer of 1 seconds works, you could maybe do something different and use it to check every second if 63 seconds have passed. Your code includes t = time.time() so you just need to compare time.time() with t to see if it's been 63 seconds. Something like this (untested):

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screen show_vars:
    timer 1:
        repeat True:
        action If(time.time()-t >= 63, true=SetVariable("qte_loop", False))
If that doesn't work, maybe change the 63 seconds to shorter time intervals to test if it eventually triggers.

If that doesn't work, I think the current code doesn't have any other way of taking timed events as the ui.interact() will essentially block any renpy code physically...

Maybe see if you can find the creator and see how they end the game?

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#7 Post by gas »

That code RESHOWN the screen at each interaction, resetting the timer at 63 each time.
Leave your original code untouched.
Show ANOTHER screen with timer alone just after the label statement.
Tested and it work fine.

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label  rythm_qte:
    show screen timeup()
    # whatever follow

screen timeup():
    timer 63.0 action Jump("completed")
Don't forget on your landing labels to hide screens and del spritemanagers and fuctions
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#8 Post by Alex »

VAPMichaelaLaws wrote: Fri Jun 22, 2018 12:07 pm I moved it to the top and there was no change )=

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screen show_vars:
    timer 63.0 action SetVariable("qte_loop", False) #63 seconds is the length of the song. GAME MUST END AT END OF SONG.
    
    text "Misses: [misses], Hits: [hits]" xalign 0.5
    add "practicebutton.png":
        pos (1000, 100)
My two cents...

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    while qte_loop:
        $ result = ui.interact()
this part waits for something to be returned from your rythm game, and if so step to another iteration in loop while condition still true. This can be usefull if your game return anything on players interaction (for now it's not). So here you actually doesn't need the while loop, leave just

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$ result = ui.interact()
$ renpy.hide("_")
"End game ([result])"
and make your timer return some value to cause interaction, like

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timer 3.0 action Return("smth")

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#9 Post by margaretcatter »

To revive this thread I'm having a bit of a small problem. The first and probably simplist to solve is the images that I'm using as my buttons aren't showing up in color. For whatever reason theyre both showing up as grey and not even the grey that I choose to be one of the buttons. I've attached what I'm getting in game and what theyre supposed to look like.

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define ButtonX  = "images/Buttons/ButtonX.png"
define ButtonA = "images/Buttons/ButtonA.png"
My second problem is when the game is over it doesnt leave the game? It just stays in the loop seemingly forever and I'm not sure why my

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label TheEnd:

    e "something something something"

    return
Isn't working as intended. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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#10 Post by Alex »

What's the actual code you use?

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#11 Post by margaretcatter »

Heres the whole code in question minus the bits I didnt change

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init python:
    config.screen_width=1280
    config.screen_height=800
    import time
    import pygame
    KEYDOWN=pygame.KEYDOWN

    {...}

    def sprites_event(ev, x, y, st):
        if ev.type == KEYDOWN:
            if ev.key == pygame.K_LEFT:
                hit = False
                for sprite in sprites[:]:
                    if sprite.moving:
                        if int(sprite.x) in store.targets:
                            store.hits += 1
                            hit = True
                            sprite.show.destroy()
                            sprites.remove(sprite)
                            break
                if not hit:
                    store.misses += 1
                renpy.restart_interaction()
                if misses == 3:
                    renpy.hide_screen("show_vars")
                    renpy.hide("_")
                    renpy.jump("TheEnd")
                    renpy.restart_interaction()

# The game starts here.

label start:

e "This is a game"

label FirstSong:

show screen timeup()
screen timeup():
    timer 151.0 action Jump("TheEnd")
screen show_vars:
    text "Misses: [misses], Hits: [hits]" xalign 0.5
    add ButtonX:
        pos (1000, 50)

play music ("birth_of_a_band-1st-shot.mp3")
python:
    hits = 0
    misses = 0
    t = time.time()
    manager = SpriteManager(update=sprites_update, event=sprites_event)
    sprite = ("images/Buttons/ButtonA.png")
    targets = set(1000+i for i in xrange(-75, 0)) #area around target to "score" a succesful hit
    sprites = []
    td = -1
    for i in xrange(100): #number of dots that cross the screen
        td += renpy.random.choice([0.5, 1, 2])
        sprites.append(RhythmD(("images/Buttons/ButtonX.png"), 10, td, 50))

    renpy.show_screen("show_vars")
    renpy.show("_", what=manager, zorder=1)

while True:
    $ result = ui.interact()


label TheEnd:
stop music
e "something something something"

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#12 Post by Alex »

Try to change:

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define ButtonX  = "images/Buttons/ButtonX.png"
define ButtonA = "images/Buttons/ButtonA.png"
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image button_a:
    "images/Buttons/ButtonA.png"
image button_x:
    "images/Buttons/ButtonX.png"
/

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sprite = ("images/Buttons/ButtonA.png")
to

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sprite = "button_a"
/

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sprites.append(RhythmD(("images/Buttons/ButtonX.png"), 10, td, 50))
to

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sprites.append(RhythmD(sprite, 10, td, 50))
/

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screen show_vars:
    text "Misses: [misses], Hits: [hits]" xalign 0.5
    add ButtonX:
        pos (1000, 50)
to

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screen show_vars:
    vbox:
        xalign 0.5
        text "Misses: [misses], Hits: [hits]!" xalign 0.5
        bar:
            xsize 500
            value AnimatedValue(old_value=0.0, value=1.0, range=1.0, delay=15.0)
    add "button_x":
        pos (1000, 50)
    timer 15.0 action Return("time's up")

Then change

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def sprites_event(ev, x, y, st):
        if ev.type == KEYDOWN:
            if ev.key == pygame.K_LEFT:
                hit = False
                for sprite in sprites[:]:
                    if sprite.moving:
                        if int(sprite.x) in store.targets:
                            store.hits += 1
                            hit = True
                            sprite.show.destroy()
                            sprites.remove(sprite)
                            break
                if not hit:
                    store.misses += 1
                renpy.restart_interaction()
                if misses == 3:
                    renpy.hide_screen("show_vars")
                    renpy.hide("_")
                    renpy.jump("TheEnd")
                    renpy.restart_interaction()
to

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    def sprites_event(ev, x, y, st):
        if ev.type == MOUSEBUTTONDOWN:
            if ev.button == 1:
                hit = False
                for sprite in sprites[:]:
                    if sprite.moving:
                        if int(sprite.x) in store.targets:
                            store.hits += 1
                            hit = True
                            # We destroy the sprite, making it impossible to it twice :)
                            sprite.show.destroy()
                            sprites.remove(sprite)
                            break
                if hits >= 3:
                    return("win")
                    
                if not hit:
                    store.misses += 1
                
                if misses == 3:
                    return("lose") 
                
                renpy.restart_interaction()
And finally

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    while True:
    $ result = ui.interact()


label TheEnd:
    stop music
    e "something something something"
to

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    #while True:
    $ result = ui.interact()
    $ renpy.hide("_")
    hide screen show_vars
        
    $ renpy.pause(0.1, hard=True)
    "End game ([result])"

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#13 Post by margaretcatter »

w00t! That mostly worked, everything is now in color and when you finish the song either by winning or losing the game displays the appropriate text. Since Im trying to do it with keyarrows instead of the mouse click I ended up using

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def sprites_event(ev, x, y, st):
        if ev.type == KEYDOWN:
            if ev.key == pygame.K_LEFT:
                hit = False
                for sprite in sprites[:]:
                    if sprite.moving:
                        if int(sprite.x) in store.targets:
                            store.hits += 1
                            hit = True
                            # We destroy the sprite, making it impossible to it twice :)
                            sprite.show.destroy()
                            sprites.remove(sprite)
                            break
                if hits >= 100: #number of hits need to win game
                    enpy.hide_screen("show_vars")
                    renpy.hide("_")
                    renpy.jump("TheEndWin")
                    renpy.restart_interaction()

                if not hit:
                    store.misses += 1

                if misses == 3: #number of misses need to lose game
                    renpy.hide_screen("show_vars")
                    renpy.hide("_")
                    renpy.jump("TheEndLose")
                    renpy.restart_interaction()
Now off to figure out how to count unhit buttons as misses.

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