Trouble adding music to Main Menu

[Zalsburry]

Hey, lovely people! I'd really appreciate if someone could help me with adding music to the main menu of my project.

I believe I followed all of the instructions I've seen online. In the options.rpy screen, like instructed, I've uncommented the main menu music line and replaced the title in quotes with the title of my music file. The line in options.rpy looks like this:

config.main_menu_music = "lazyafternoons.mp3"

The file itself is in the game folder, is titled exactly lazyafternoons, and is definitely an .mp3 file. Yet, when I try to Start the project I get this:

"Parsing the script failed.

File "game/options.rpy", line 63: expected statement.
config.main_menu_music ->= "lazyafternoons.mp3"
^
Ren'Py Version: Ren'Py 6.99.11.1749"

I've tried adding and deleting a space before the equals sign in case that was the problem. I've retyped the line myself in case there was a typo in formatting. I even replaced "lazyafternoons.mp3" with the name of another music file in the game folder to see if the problem was with the file. But nothing changes.

Also, I have this same track play in the game proper. When I comment this line so I can get back into the game, the music file plays absolutely fine in game when called to by "play music "lazyafternoons.mp3" "

Does anyone have any ideas for what I can try?

[Per K Grok]

Hey, lovely people! I'd really appreciate if someone could help me with adding music to the main menu of my project.

I believe I followed all of the instructions I've seen online. In the options.rpy screen, like instructed, I've uncommented the main menu music line and replaced the title in quotes with the title of my music file. The line in options.rpy looks like this:

config.main_menu_music = "lazyafternoons.mp3"

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Does anyone have any ideas for what I can try?

Have you lost the 'define' that the line should start with?

define config.main_menu_music = "lazyafternoons.mp3"

[Andredron]

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screen main_menu():
    python:
        renpy.music.play("menu.mp3", fadeout=10.0, fadein=15.0)
    frame:
        ....
        
        

[Zalsburry]

Oh my goodness, thank you so much!! I don't know where along the line I lost "define" but I know I never would have realized it on my own, thank you. I added in "define" and now it works perfectly.

Thank you <3

[namastaii]

If you go to options.rpy, there is a line that you can comment out that sets the music for the main menu

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# define config.main_menu_music = "main-menu-theme.ogg"

You don't need to add a command to the menu screen directly