Changing a word in the game after release with patching

[darthvader1]

Hello, is it possible change a word with patch on a released game. For example we have;
define e = Character("Emma")
label start:
scene xxx
e"Hello world."

And we release the game like this.
My question is can I patch it for Emma to say the word 'Goodbye' instead of everytime she says 'Hello' ?
What should I use when coding to make this feature available?

[PyTom]

Unless there's some reason to do it, why not just change the script? As long as you have the .rpyc files from the release version when you do so, Ren'Py should be able to figure out the change.

[darthvader1]

Unless there's some reason to do it, why not just change the script? As long as you have the .rpyc files from the release version when you do so, Ren'Py should be able to figure out the change.

I need the patch for profanity words. For example in my game a character says "tarnation." I want to change the word "tarnation" into a curse word.
For the script solution you offered, it maybe my last resort but i don't want to give away the script to players as a patch, instead it would be better if there can be a patch applied for just a few words.

[Imperf3kt]

For the addition of profanity, which I assume will be presented as an option in preferences, you only need to make the changes and send people the updated game (or use Ren'Py's updater)

[rames44]

If you have control of the game source, then one way to do this would be to move “tarnation” (and any other word you want to replace) into “define”d variables and interpolate them into the text. You could then ship a patch file that uses an “init N python” (where N is a number large enough to force this to run after your “define”s) to redefine the values to your swear word.

[rames44]

You might also approach this with config.say_menu_text_filter if you can’t take the previous approach.