[SOLVED] $ quick_menu = False doesn't work within a screen

[chesarty]

I have a problem where the quick menu doesn't disappear when I'm on my dressup/customization screen, whereas in-game the $ quick_menu = False command works fine... What could be the issue there?

[RicharDann]

Since quick_menu is a global variable already created in the default files, you're supposed to run that statement from a label in script, to change it's value.

If you write that line on a screen, it doesn't modify the existing global variable, but instead creates a new screen variable, scoped locally to the screen, with the same name but different from the default one. So if you want to disable quick menu when your screen appears, you can either:

Code: Select all

label start:
    $ quick_menu = False
    call screen my_screen

Or add an on statement to your screen (I haven't tested this but it should probably work):

Code: Select all

screen my_screen():
    on 'show':
        action SetVariable('quick_menu', False)
    on 'hide':
        action SetVariable('quick_menu', True) # so it reappears when screen is hidden

[chesarty]

Since quick_menu is a global variable already created in the default files, you're supposed to run that statement from a label in script, to change it's value.

If you write that line on a screen, it doesn't modify the existing global variable, but instead creates a new screen variable, scoped locally to the screen, with the same name but different from the default one. So if you want to disable quick menu when your screen appears, you can either:

Code: Select all

label start:
    $ quick_menu = False
    call screen my_screen

Or add an on statement to your screen (I haven't tested this but it should probably work):

Code: Select all

screen my_screen():
    on 'show':
        action SetVariable('quick_menu', False)
    on 'hide':
        action SetVariable('quick_menu', True) # so it reappears when screen is hidden

Thanks man, the on statement worked flawlessly!

[Imperf3kt]

There's more "on" states too that you may find needed, such as on replaced, which i find necessary sometimes.