[ONGOING] Interface woes

[JinzouTamashii]

Basically, I want to do this.

A picture should be good enough to show what I'm visualizing.

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[rimir]

*ve-ery tired after re-ally long day so forgive if post not helpful*

For the textbox...
You can create a custom textbox and place it at the top.(There's a thread here somewhere that tells you how to do ; search for it.For placing it at top I think you should check the documentation for displayables)

You'll also need to hide the default textbox.(I don't know how to do that ;ask around the forum)

For centering...you could write a custom function that calculates the length of the string in question and appends the appropriate number of blanks at the front and then returns as string.
I don't know if there's a more elegant way (though there probably should be ; again ask around the forums)

[Aleema]

There's a default character called "centered" that you can use.

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centered "This text is in the middle of the screen."

You can also define your own character and customize the style so that it does whatever you want.

You can rearrange the main text window by fiddling with the style's properties (style.window).
Some of properties are already in your options.rpy file.

I don't have Ren'Py in front of me, but you can try adding this line to options.rpy:

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style.window.yalign = 0.0

And if that doesn't work, try messing with the window's margins.

Keep in mind that if you have the character names above the text box, you'll either bounce up and down when the narrator speaks, or you'll have a margin of blank space to accomadate it.

[JinzouTamashii]

Alright, well I've almost given up having a frame at the top. I had to turn off two windows anyway, since it was just making a mini version of the big frame and I don't know how to make it stop doing that.

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label loadmessages:
$ show_button_game_menu = False
$ ui.image(Solid('#000'))
$ loadmessage = renpy.random.choice(['1', '2', '3', '4', '5', '6', '7', '8', '9', '10', '11', '12', '13', '14', '15', '16', '17', '18', '19', '20', '21'])

Also, I used $ show_button_game_menu = False when I want the button menu to disappear and long story short ... it's not happening. Is there another way to hide the entire UI?

I sort of got my game menu buttons working. But my "Auto" read toggle button just flat out breaks when I click it and gives a bizarre error message.

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init:
    
    $ autoread = True
    
    #$ style.window.right_margin = 100

    python:

        def toggle_skipping():
            config.skipping = not config.skipping
            
        def button_game_menu():

            # to save typing
            ccinc = renpy.curried_call_in_new_context

            ui.vbox(xpos=0.98, ypos=0.93, xanchor='right', yanchor='bottom')
            ui.textbutton("Skip", clicked=toggle_skipping)
            ui.textbutton("Save", clicked=ccinc("_game_menu_save"))
            ui.textbutton("Load", clicked=ccinc("_game_menu_load"))
            ui.textbutton("Menu", clicked=ccinc("_game_menu_preferences"))
            ui.close()

        config.overlay_functions.append(button_game_menu)
        
        afmbutton = True 
        #or False depending on your decision

        def afmbutton():
            if afmbutton:
                ui.vbox(xpos=0.98, ypos=0.98, xanchor='right', yanchor='bottom')
                ui.textbutton("Auto", clicked=toggle_autoread, xminimum=80)
                ui.close()
        
        def toggle_autoread():
            if autoread:
                autoread = False
                _preferences.afm_time = 0
            if not autoread:
                autoread = True
                _preferences.afm_time = 10
        
        config.overlay_functions.append(afmbutton)

I also found the code for making an image button but I don't know how to use that with the frame set-up I've already got ... basically, this is the first time I've ever tried to program User Interface functions and I'm flabbergasted. Maybe I should ask for a one-off programmer in the GameMaker forums...

[JQuartz]

I had to turn off two windows anyway, since it was just making a mini version of the big frame and I don't know how to make it stop doing that.

Use show_who_window_properties like so:

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init:
    $ J =Character("JinzouTamashii", show_two_window=True,show_who_window_properties={ "background" :  "JinzouTamashii.png" } )

I used $ show_button_game_menu = False when I want the button menu to disappear and long story short ... it's not happening. Is there another way to hide the entire UI?

You need to put if in your overlay like so:

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init:
    python:
        def button_game_menu():

            # to save typing
            ccinc = ui.callsinnewcontext
            if show_button_game_menu:
                ui.vbox(xpos=0.98, ypos=0.93, xanchor='right', yanchor='bottom')
                ui.textbutton("Skip", clicked=toggle_skipping)
                ui.textbutton("Save", clicked=ccinc("_game_menu_save"))
                ui.textbutton("Load", clicked=ccinc("_game_menu_load"))
                ui.textbutton("Menu", clicked=ccinc("_game_menu_preferences"))
                ui.close()

        config.overlay_functions.append(button_game_menu)

But my "Auto" read toggle button just flat out breaks when I click it and gives a bizarre error message.

You need to use global for the autoread variable. Also you need to use elif instead of if for the second choice otherwise it'll always be True:

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init python:
    def toggle_autoread():
        global autoread
        if autoread:
            autoread = False
            _preferences.afm_time = 0
        elif not autoread:
            autoread = True
            _preferences.afm_time = 10
   
    config.overlay_functions.append(afmbutton)

[JinzouTamashii]

(*´ο`*)=3 That did not work as anticipated ... .

[/edit] I fixed it by declaring

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$ show_button_game_menu = False
$ afmbutton = False
and
$ show_button_game_menu = True
$ afmbutton = True

I declared:

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$ show_button_game_menu = True

   python:

        def toggle_skipping():
            config.skipping = not config.skipping
            
        def button_game_menu():

            # to save typing
            ccinc = renpy.curried_call_in_new_context
            if show_button_game_menu:
                ui.vbox(xpos=0.98, ypos=0.93, xanchor='right', yanchor='bottom')
                ui.textbutton("Skip", clicked=toggle_skipping)
                ui.textbutton("Save", clicked=ccinc("_game_menu_save"))
                ui.textbutton("Load", clicked=ccinc("_game_menu_load"))
                ui.textbutton("Menu", clicked=ccinc("_game_menu_preferences"))
                ui.close()

This is what I got:

Basically, it still shows up without even a minor change.

The menu also does not come back, even though I declare it below ...

As for the two window say, it is applying my margin tweakings to get my frame working to the namebox as well. Is there some way to disable it for the child window? ☆⌒(＞。≪)

[/edit] I fixed this with this sort of code:

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    #namebox
    style.say_who_window.bottom_margin = 0
    style.say_who_window.left_padding = 20
    style.say_who_window.right_padding = 20
    style.say_who_window.top_padding = 15
    style.say_who_window.yminimum = 60
    style.say_who_window.xminimum = 300
    style.say_who_window.left_margin = 10

[JinzouTamashii]

Additionally, playing through, sometimes the textbox dissolves in and out but the game button menu just shows up with None. Is there some way to make it mimic the behavior of the textbox?

I also get this error now when I close the game out.

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Exception in thread Thread-2:
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "threading.pyo", line 460, in __bootstrap
  File "threading.pyo", line 440, in run
  File "O:\Renpy\renpy\loadsave.py", line 313, in autosave_thread
  File "O:\Renpy\renpy\loadsave.py", line 154, in save
  File "O:\Renpy\renpy\loadsave.py", line 45, in dump
PicklingError: Can't pickle <type 'function'>: attribute lookup __builtin__.function failed

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I guess I could always ask for a bandage solution from PyTom to hexedit it to read "Thanks for playing!" but ...

Back on Wing Commander 1 we were getting an exception from our EMM386 memory manager when we exited the game. We'd clear the screen and a single line would print out, something like "EMM386 Memory manager error. Blah blah blah." We had to ship ASAP. So I hex edited the error in the memory manager itself to read "Thank you for playing Wing Commander."

I don't know what to do with it, but it's only begun since I started turning the button game menu on and off.

[JQuartz]

Basically, it still shows up without even a minor change.

Setting show_button_game_menu = False hides the menu, while show_button_game_menu = True shows it. Since you set show_button_game_menu = True, it'll show the menu.

The menu also does not come back, even though I declare it below ...

Set show_button_game_menu = True like so:

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label start:
    $ show_button_game_menu=False
    centered "An external thought intrudes---"
    $ show_button_game_menu=True
    "The amnesiac Departed milled around the Nexus aimlessly..."

[JinzouTamashii]

Yeah, I was in the chat with everyone and renpytom and I fixed it. I just don't know what's going on with renpy.exe.log crashing upon exit, whatever it is... my game compiles, but will crash if you hit "X".

Bizarre.

[JinzouTamashii]

Sum of the Parts also crashes when I attempt to load or save a game.

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I'm sorry, but an exception occured while executing your Ren'Py
script.

PicklingError: Can't pickle <type 'function'>: attribute lookup __builtin__.function failed

While running game code:
 - script at line 25 of E:\Renpy\SumoftheParts/game/1stcomplex.rpy
 - script at line 195 of C:\Program Files\Common Files\data\Renpy/common/_layout/scrolling_load_save.rpym

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\bootstrap.py", line 260, in bootstrap
  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\main.py", line 308, in main
  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\main.py", line 92, in run
  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\execution.py", line 230, in run
  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\ast.py", line 341, in execute
  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\exports.py", line 507, in say
  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\character.py", line 546, in __call__
  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\character.py", line 505, in do_display
  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\character.py", line 320, in display_say
  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\ui.py", line 69, in interact
  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\display\core.py", line 1364, in interact
  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\display\core.py", line 1858, in interact_core
  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\display\layout.py", line 628, in event
  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\display\layout.py", line 628, in event
  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\display\layout.py", line 628, in event
  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\display\layout.py", line 628, in event
  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\display\behavior.py", line 430, in event
  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\curry.py", line 38, in __call__
  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\game.py", line 285, in call_in_new_context
  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\execution.py", line 230, in run
  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\ast.py", line 558, in execute
  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\python.py", line 921, in py_exec_bytecode
  File "C:\Program Files\Common Files\data\Renpy/common/_layout/scrolling_load_save.rpym", line 203, in <module>
  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\loadsave.py", line 154, in save
  File "E:\Renpy\renpy\loadsave.py", line 45, in dump
PicklingError: Can't pickle <type 'function'>: attribute lookup __builtin__.function failed

While running game code:
 - script at line 25 of E:\Renpy\SumoftheParts/game/1stcomplex.rpy
 - script at line 195 of C:\Program Files\Common Files\data\Renpy/common/_layout/scrolling_load_save.rpym

Ren'Py Version: Ren'Py 6.9.3c

I am certain that it has to do with the game menu buttons somehow ... but I can't figure out where the problem lies ...