Display text with specific position and style

[Newnewbie]

Hi guys!

I'm searched for hours for an answer and didn't find it. You have to know that I am very newbie with Ren py and also, english is not my native language. I'm sorry if I'm not very understandable x)

I would display the name of the player with a specific position and specific style (the name have been chosen by the player with the input function).

So, here's my code :

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show text "[name_of_the_player]" at center

My problem is that I cannot choose a specific position, change the color, size and the font of the text...

I already tried like 48154 things but it never worked T_T Help would be very appreciated!

[deltadidirac]

Hi guys!

I'm searched for hours for an answer and didn't find it. You have to know that I am very newbie with Ren py and also, english is not my native language. I'm sorry if I'm not very understandable x)

I would display the name of the player with a specific position and specific style (the name have been chosen by the player with the input function).

So, here's my code :

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show text "[name_of_the_player]" at center

My problem is that I cannot choose a specific position, change the color, size and the font of the text...

I already tried like 48154 things but it never worked T_T Help would be very appreciated!

If your problem is only to define the name of the character that is speaking....
so, you must see the file "GUI" and look all the definition and setting about the "name.box"

on how to chenage the color of the "name" for each character and/or his dialogue text , you must define this (generally at the begin in the script file)
as is:

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define m = Character ("{b}Myriam{/b}", color="9dc209", what_color='#a1ff43', what_xpos=90, what_textalign=0)

see you

[Newnewbie]

Hello Deltadidirac,

Thank you so much for your answer. But my issue is elsewhere. I'm so sorry for my bad explaining...

I have no problem for positionning and stylising my characters names in the dialogues. My issue is when I would want to display the name elsewhere like i did in this picture :

https://www.noelshack.com/2019-49-7-157 ... xample.png

Thank you

[deltadidirac]

you must use a displayable...

there is also in the turorial.

simply you must build a screen that contain a text, and after in your lable when you have need, you call it with "show/hide screen" commands

done
(give a fast look to the tutorial of renpy in the displayable section)

[Newnewbie]

Going to check it, thank you!

[Newnewbie]

I have tried this :

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define e = Character('Eileen', color="#c8ffc8")

# Le jeu commence ici
label start:

screen text_example():
  frame:
    xalign 0.5 ypos 50
    text "Text tags {color=#c8ffc8}work{/color} in screens.":
      size 30

e "This is a test"
 
return

Its comes from directly from the tutorial, but it does'nt display anyting (I mean eccept the dialogue test) :/ Does someone know why please?

[IrinaLazareva]

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define e = Character('Eileen', color="#c8ffc8")

# Le jeu commence ici
label start:

screen text_example():
  frame:
    xalign 0.5 ypos 50
    text "Text tags {color=#c8ffc8}work{/color} in screens.":
      size 30

e "This is a test"
 
return

The screen is a function. It is written outside the label start (like all variables).

But it is not enough to write it down. Then it should be called. To do this, use the commands show and call

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define e = Character('Eileen', color="#c8ffc8")

screen text_example():
  frame:
    xalign 0.5 ypos 50
    text "Text tags {color=#c8ffc8}work{/color} in screens.":
      size 30
      
      
# Le jeu commence ici
label start:
    show screen text_example
    e "This is a test"
 
    return

More detailes: https://renpy.org/doc/html/screens.html ... statements

[Newnewbie]

Thank you very much... You helped me a lot

[Newnewbie]

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define e = Character('Eileen', color="#c8ffc8")

screen text_example():
  frame:
    xalign 0.5 ypos 50
    text "Text tags {color=#c8ffc8}work{/color} in screens.":
      size 30
      
      
# Le jeu commence ici
label start:
    show screen text_example
    e "This is a test"
 
    return
    

Ok, I'm stucked again..

The code works perfectly, but there is a black box background behind my text and I cannot find how to change the font style. Do you know how could I remove the black background and change the font style of the text ?

I'm so sorry for all these newbie questions...

[IrinaLazareva]

The code works perfectly, but there is a black box background behind my text and I cannot find how to change the font style. Do you know how could I remove the black background and change the font style of the text ?

"black box" refers to an frame element. If it is not needed, it can be removed. And style settings, positions can be applied directly to the text.

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screen text_example():
    text "Text tags {color=#c8ffc8}work{/color} in screens." xalign 0.5 ypos 50 size 30

Read the documentation first https://renpy.org/doc/html/screens.html#text

The text statement displays text. It takes a single parameter, the text to display. It also takes the following groups of properties:

Common Properties
Position Style Properties
Text Style Properties <<<<< about font style of the text

4 example

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screen text_example():
    text "Text tags {color=#c8ffc8}work{/color} in screens." xalign 0.5 ypos 50 size 30 italic True color "#f00" font 'DejaVuSans.ttf' 

P.S. If you use your own fonts, the font files should be placed in the game folder of project

[Remix]

You could also just use the Text() displayable directly

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    show expression Text("Some Text", size=42, color='#688') at truecenter

Alternatively, you can define the style in a ParameterizedText image and reference that

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image info_text = ParameterizedText(size=42, color='#A46C')

label start:

    show info_text "Parameterized Text": # show info_text will use that image with the passed string
        pos (400,100)

[Newnewbie]

Thank so much for your help guys T_T