[SOLVED] Make a "Jump" Button appear "On" or "Off"

[Kinmoku]

Hi all.

I'm trying to figure out how to make a Jump button appear in an "on" or "off" state, like a Preference("on", "off") button would.

My button is for fast-forwarding/ skipping text, which can be selected in the pause menu. I've done it this way as a direct Skip would immediately go off the pause menu, which I didn't want. Thread here: viewtopic.php?f=8&t=54973

The button jumps to the label "skip_toggle" in script.rpy:

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            button:
                action Jump("skip_toggle")
                style "mainmenu_choice_button"
                text _("Fast-Forward") style "mainmenu_choice"

# script.rpy

label skip_toggle:
    if fastforward == "off":
        $ fastforward = "on"
        
    else:
        $ fastforward = "off"
        
    call screen pause_screen

But the button doesn't have an "on" or "selected" state, so it doesn't let the player know it's actually on or not.

I tried adding a few things but nothing worked properly. How do I do this?

[Saa]

Doesn't making the button ToggleVariable work? I'm guessing fastforward is a global variable, and you should make it a boolean if its only values are on and off.

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button:
    action [ToggleVariable("fastforward"), Call("pause_screen")]
    style "mainmenu_choice_button"
    text _("Fast-Forward") style "mainmenu_choice"

You won't need skip_toggle anymore.

[Matalla]

I don't know exactly what you're trying to do, but if I understand correctly, you want the button to reflect the state of the variable "fastforward"; if its "on", button should appear selected, right?

I think that adding this to the button definition should do that (if the style "mainmenu_choice" has a selected state)

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selected fastforward == "on"

[Imperf3kt]

You can always use these within the image block to determine what to show on those states.
selected
selected_idle
selected_hover

[Kinmoku]

Hi everyone, thanks for the help. Sadly, nothing is working

Doesn't making the button ToggleVariable work? I'm guessing fastforward is a global variable, and you should make it a boolean if its only values are on and off.
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button:
action [ToggleVariable("fastforward"), Call("pause_screen")]
style "mainmenu_choice_button"
text _("Fast-Forward") style "mainmenu_choice"

- I originally tried this as I was sure it'd work, but the button looks "on" by default but isn't. When I click, it does nothing. I tried it with True or False and it still didn't work.

I think that adding this to the button definition should do that (if the style "mainmenu_choice" has a selected state)
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selected fastforward == "on"

- I really thought this would work, but the button looks "off" and nothing happens when I click.

You can always use these within the image block to determine what to show on those states.
selected
selected_idle
selected_hover

I tried this originally but it didn't work. The closest I got was: "if fastforward == "on", show button in on state" but it would only do this when you reload the pause menu, hence it didn't look like the click registered to the player.

Here's the menu style I'm using - pretty normal stuff:

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    style.mainmenu_choice_button.background = "images/mm_button1.png"
    style.mainmenu_choice_button.hover_background = "mm_button_jiggle"
    style.mainmenu_choice_button.selected_background = "images/mm_button_on.png"
    

This must be possible >_<

[Kinmoku]

Doesn't making the button ToggleVariable work? I'm guessing fastforward is a global variable, and you should make it a boolean if its only values are on and off.
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button:
action [ToggleVariable("fastforward"), Call("pause_screen")]
style "mainmenu_choice_button"
text _("Fast-Forward") style "mainmenu_choice"
You won't need skip_toggle anymore.

Never-mind, you were right, Saa! I just needed to add to the toggle variable:

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            button:
                action ToggleVariable("fastforward", "on", "off") 
                style "mainmenu_choice_button"
                text _("Fast-Forward") style "mainmenu_choice"

This works as desired, now Thanks for helping everyone!