ADD and IMAGE

[vossery]

What is difference between
image "image_name" xpos 10 ypos 10
and
add "image_name" xpos 10 ypos 10
for my screen?
What is better to use?

[Imperf3kt]

The first one won't work in a screen, you need to use add.

[vossery]

They work both!

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screen main_menu:
    tag menu
    style_prefix "main_menu"
    image "images/test.png" xpos 400 ypos 200

and

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screen main_menu:
    tag menu
    style_prefix "main_menu"
    add "images/test.png" xpos 400 ypos 100

[Imperf3kt]

Odd, never has for me. I guess I cannot say what the difference is then.

[rames44]

Well, the main difference is that “add” is documented, and “image” is not. There’s a good chance, therefore, that “image” is “old-style,” deprecated, and still works solely because PyTom tries not to break old code with new Ren’py releases when it can be avoided. There are any number of Ren’py constructs, functions, etc that have followed this pattern - replaced by something else, but still lurking in the Ren’py engine for backward compatibility.

[vossery]

So, I must prefer add. Thanks!

[rames44]

You’re always better off using “newer” than “older” when you can. Unfortunately, there are a lot of VERY old tutorials and examples out on the web, and Ren’py has evolved. So I always recommend that when people find examples “out there,” that they check them against the latest documentation and update accordingly.