[SOLVED]How Do I Enable the Name Textbox

[amaturemanga]

Hi there, im trying to add a textbox for the name so i tried show_two_window and that didnt work because that's not supported anymore in the new renpy it seems. So i checked to the documentation and went to the gui where it says to go but i cant seem to find a place to enable the namebox. Just settings to edit it so i try and mess with those settings specifically the snip shown below:

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## The placement of the speaking character's name, relative to the textbox.
## These can be a whole number of pixels from the left or top, or 0.5 to center.
define gui.name_xpos = 240
define gui.name_ypos = 0

## The horizontal alignment of the character's name. This can be 0.0 for left-
## aligned, 0.5 for centered, and 1.0 for right-aligned.
define gui.name_xalign = 0.0

## The width, height, and borders of the box containing the character's name, or
## None to automatically size it.
define gui.namebox_width = 50
define gui.namebox_height = 50

## The borders of the box containing the character's name, in left, top, right,
## bottom order.
define gui.namebox_borders = Borders(5, 5, 5, 5)

## If True, the background of the namebox will be tiled, if False, the
## background if the namebox will be scaled.
define gui.namebox_tile = False

Am i missing something do i have to create it in screen idk.

[Per K Grok]

Hi there, im trying to add a textbox for the name so i tried show_two_window and that didnt work because that's not supported anymore in the new renpy it seems. So i checked to the documentation and went to the gui where it says to go but i cant seem to find a place to enable the namebox. Just settings to edit it so i try and mess with those settings specifically the snip shown below:

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## The placement of the speaking character's name, relative to the textbox.
## These can be a whole number of pixels from the left or top, or 0.5 to center.
define gui.name_xpos = 240
define gui.name_ypos = 0

## The horizontal alignment of the character's name. This can be 0.0 for left-
## aligned, 0.5 for centered, and 1.0 for right-aligned.
define gui.name_xalign = 0.0

## The width, height, and borders of the box containing the character's name, or
## None to automatically size it.
define gui.namebox_width = 50
define gui.namebox_height = 50

## The borders of the box containing the character's name, in left, top, right,
## bottom order.
define gui.namebox_borders = Borders(5, 5, 5, 5)

## If True, the background of the namebox will be tiled, if False, the
## background if the namebox will be scaled.
define gui.namebox_tile = False

Am i missing something do i have to create it in screen idk.

The namebox should work without any special enabling. If you use the code below the name box should show up with 'My Name' in it. Does it not?

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define MN = Character ("My Name")

label start:
    MN "Do you see my name?"

[amaturemanga]

Hi there, im trying to add a textbox for the name so i tried show_two_window and that didnt work because that's not supported anymore in the new renpy it seems. So i checked to the documentation and went to the gui where it says to go but i cant seem to find a place to enable the namebox. Just settings to edit it so i try and mess with those settings specifically the snip shown below:

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## The placement of the speaking character's name, relative to the textbox.
## These can be a whole number of pixels from the left or top, or 0.5 to center.
define gui.name_xpos = 240
define gui.name_ypos = 0

## The horizontal alignment of the character's name. This can be 0.0 for left-
## aligned, 0.5 for centered, and 1.0 for right-aligned.
define gui.name_xalign = 0.0

## The width, height, and borders of the box containing the character's name, or
## None to automatically size it.
define gui.namebox_width = 50
define gui.namebox_height = 50

## The borders of the box containing the character's name, in left, top, right,
## bottom order.
define gui.namebox_borders = Borders(5, 5, 5, 5)

## If True, the background of the namebox will be tiled, if False, the
## background if the namebox will be scaled.
define gui.namebox_tile = False

Am i missing something do i have to create it in screen idk.

The namebox should work without any special enabling. If you use the code below the name box should show up with 'My Name' in it. Does it not?

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define MN = Character ("My Name")

label start:
    MN "Do you see my name?"

yea this is how my script is the namebox doesnt show up

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define b = Character('Boy',what_ypos=10, ctc="ctc_blink", ctc_position="nestled", what_prefix='"', what_suffix='"')

label start:
b "Mummy, can I have more?"

[Per K Grok]

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yea this is how my script is the namebox doesnt show up

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define b = Character('Boy',what_ypos=10, ctc="ctc_blink", ctc_position="nestled", what_prefix='"', what_suffix='"')

label start:
b "Mummy, can I have more?"

OK, that aught to work. And it does work when I test it. When I use the values you put in the gui.rpy, the placement of the namebox is a bit strange, but it is there.

You should of course have a 4-step indention for the dialog-line after start, but it did actually work for me even without that.

I would suggest that the first thing you do is to create a new project just to test this one function. That way you can make certain that the problem is in your present project and not a general problem. It is unlikely it is a general problem but if it is, then it is good to find that out early.

If the problem is in your project, the next step should be to go to the screens.rpy and check out the section on the say-function. Look for
screen say(who, what):

You can compare the code to the code in the test project. Are there differences?

[Andredron]

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define men = Character(None, window_background="image/startextbox.png")

image/startextbox.png - An image with a frame where the character’s name is.

Crutch, and translators do not hate those who do not leave a simple frame image

[amaturemanga]

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yea this is how my script is the namebox doesnt show up

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define b = Character('Boy',what_ypos=10, ctc="ctc_blink", ctc_position="nestled", what_prefix='"', what_suffix='"')

label start:
b "Mummy, can I have more?"

OK, that aught to work. And it does work when I test it. When I use the values you put in the gui.rpy, the placement of the namebox is a bit strange, but it is there.

You should of course have a 4-step indention for the dialog-line after start, but it did actually work for me even without that.

I would suggest that the first thing you do is to create a new project just to test this one function. That way you can make certain that the problem is in your present project and not a general problem. It is unlikely it is a general problem but if it is, then it is good to find that out early.

If the problem is in your project, the next step should be to go to the screens.rpy and check out the section on the say-function. Look for
screen say(who, what):

You can compare the code to the code in the test project. Are there differences?

the only difference i noticed is that there was two of this line of code so i adjusted it but still nothing

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## If there's a side image, display it above the text. Do not display on the
    ## phone variant - there's no room.
    if not renpy.variant("small"):
        add SideImage() xalign 0.0 yalign 1.0

[Per K Grok]

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the only difference i noticed is that there was two of this line of code so i adjusted it but still nothing

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## If there's a side image, display it above the text. Do not display on the
    ## phone variant - there's no room.
    if not renpy.variant("small"):
        add SideImage() xalign 0.0 yalign 1.0

Did you make a test project and did the namebox work there?

[amaturemanga]

Did you make a test project and did the namebox work there?

yea i even updated from 7.2.2 to 7.3.5 in the test project its the same thing

[Per K Grok]

Did you make a test project and did the namebox work there?

yea i even updated from 7.2.2 to 7.3.5 in the test project its the same thing

You made a test project.

you only added something like;

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define MN = Character ("My Name")

label start:
    MN "Do you see my name?"

In all other ways the test project is as it was when downloaded.

And you still did not get the namebox to show up?

Is that correctly understood?

I'm presently using version 7.3.2. (so in between the 2 versions you have used) and I don't have this problem. I don't think the problem is with the program.
But if you get that problem even under the circumstances described above, that is what it points at.

One option in a situation like this is to reinstall the program. Something could have gone wrong during the initial installation. Though it seems like you already did a new installation.

If those are the circumstances, I don't have a good idea on how to fix it. Sorry.

[amaturemanga]

In all other ways the test project is as it was when downloaded.

And you still did not get the namebox to show up?

Is that correctly understood?

I'm presently using version 7.3.2. (so in between the 2 versions you have used) and I don't have this problem. I don't think the problem is with the program.
But if you get that problem even under the circumstances described above, that is what it points at.

One option in a situation like this is to reinstall the program. Something could have gone wrong during the initial installation. Though it seems like you already did a new installation.

If those are the circumstances, I don't have a good idea on how to fix it. Sorry.

ok it looks like its working now it seems that the namebox wouldnt show up unless namebox_tile was set to True but now it shows up for the narrator which i dont want i only want it for when a character is speaking not when its narrator dialogue so i need to figure that out