Cannot define a character...

[Sanehouse]

I just downloaded Ren'Py and decided to see if I could get some of the features to work. I get the error message when I try to run the game:

I'm sorry, but errors were detected in your script. Please correct the
errors listed below, and try again.


On line 2 of C:\Renpy\renpy-6.9.3\experimenting/game/script.rpy: expected statement.
define n = Character('Narrator', color="#ff0000")
^

Ren'Py Version: Ren'Py 6.9.3c

This is the full script thusfar:

# Characters
define n = Character('Narrator', color="#ff0000")

label start:

play music "donna.mp3"

window show

n "This is a test message."
n "Testing..."
n "...1"
n "...2"
n "...3"

window hide

return

Any help is much appreciated. Thanks.

[JQuartz]

Any help is much appreciated.

Use:

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# Characters
$ n = Character('Narrator', color="#ff0000")

[Sanehouse]

I've done that, and the error message has changed. It is now:

Exception: Sayer 'n' is not defined.

While running game code:
- script at line 10 of C:\Renpy\renpy-6.9.3\experimenting/game/script.rpy

[PyTom]

The define statement is new in 6.10. If you download that, it will work.

(One problem with wiki-based documentation is that there isn't a good way to stage documentation in anticipation of a release.)

[Sanehouse]

I downloaded Ren'Py for the first time a few minutes before I started this thread. Has there been a release since then?

[PyTom]

6.10 is the pre-release. You probably downloaded the stable release.

[Sanehouse]

Well, that did it. It works now. Thanks for your help, JQuartz and PyTom.