[Solved] Reason why screen is not showing using a conditional and renpy.show_screen()?

[slithery eyed wombat]

So I've got a screen that puts up an imagemap. I also want to have it put up a separate screen if the player has progressed enough in through the game. Here's my code:

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screen city_map_screen:

    python:
        if day > 2:
            renpy.show_screen("game_gui")

    imagemap:
    ...

This works the first time I call it.

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call screen city_map_screen

However, after navigating away then coming back to city_map_screen, the gui is no longer displayed. I've checked and day is still greater than 2.

Any ideas? Is the python statement wrong in some way?

More code. This is how I'm coming back to the city_map_screen.

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label next_night:

    hide screen game_gui

    $ day += 1
    
    call screen city_map_screen

edit:

I notice that, using my original code, when I mouse over any of my imagemap elements, the game_gui appears. Perhaps I need a way to force it to refresh when I first call the city_map_screen?

[rames44]

Instead of

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screen city_map_screen:

    python:
        if day > 2:
            renpy.show_screen("game_gui")

    imagemap:

why not

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screen city_map_screen:

    if day > 2:
        use game_gui

    imagemap:

"use" is the "screen language way" of having one screen include another screen.
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screens.html#use

[slithery eyed wombat]

That doesn't seem to work.

In fact, now I'm not seeing game_gui at all, whether it's the first time or any subsequent time. Before I at least saw it the first time.

edit:

I notice that, using my original code, when I mouse over any of my imagemap elements, the game_gui appears. Perhaps I need a way to force it to refresh when I first call the city_map_screen?

[slithery eyed wombat]

Ok, I think I've solved it.

Step 1: take rames44's suggestion of using the use statement

Step 2: move it below the imagemap declaration

I'm guessing when I first tried rames44's suggestion, Renpy would draw the game_gui screen then draw over it with the imagemap. Reordering these in the code lets Renpy draw the imagemap first, then put the game_gui screen over top of it.

I still don't have an explanation as to why my original code behaved the way it did (why did it work as expected the first time but not on subsequent calls?)

[slithery eyed wombat]

How do I mark a topic as solved?

[trooper6]

Just edit the title of your original post.