im.Scale() cant find my image ERROR [SOLVED]

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im.Scale() cant find my image ERROR [SOLVED]

#1 Post by Dr_arell » Sun Jul 11, 2021 1:12 pm

im trying to resize an image with im.Scale() on a screen but it is not finding my image, the image im using is used several times and its part of something bigger, i wanted to make it smaller just this time to fit it inside a menu i made.

i dont know if it matters but the image im using is a live composite, although i tried with normal images and they dont work either, but actually when i gave it the path it did work fine.

when i remove the function and add the image directly works perfectly as well, so its probably not the image.
im using it like this, inside a screen.

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add im.Scale("natalie 1", 166, 611)

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I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While loading <'Scale' <'Image' u'natalie 1'> 166 611 True>:
  File "game/scenarios.rpy", line 92, in script
    $ ui.result = ui.interact()
  File "game/scenarios.rpy", line 92, in <module>
    $ ui.result = ui.interact()
IOError: Couldn't find file 'natalie 1'.

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

Full traceback:
  File "game/scenarios.rpy", line 92, in script
    $ ui.result = ui.interact()
  File "C:\Program Files\Renpy\renpy-7.3.5-sdk\renpy\ast.py", line 914, in execute
    renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)
  File "C:\Program Files\Renpy\renpy-7.3.5-sdk\renpy\python.py", line 2028, in py_exec_bytecode
    exec bytecode in globals, locals
  File "game/scenarios.rpy", line 92, in <module>
    $ ui.result = ui.interact()
  File "C:\Program Files\Renpy\renpy-7.3.5-sdk\renpy\ui.py", line 297, in interact
    rv = renpy.game.interface.interact(roll_forward=roll_forward, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Program Files\Renpy\renpy-7.3.5-sdk\renpy\display\core.py", line 2702, in interact
    repeat, rv = self.interact_core(preloads=preloads, trans_pause=trans_pause, **kwargs)
  File "C:\Program Files\Renpy\renpy-7.3.5-sdk\renpy\display\core.py", line 3194, in interact_core
    self.draw_screen(root_widget, fullscreen_video, (not fullscreen_video) or video_frame_drawn)
  File "C:\Program Files\Renpy\renpy-7.3.5-sdk\renpy\display\core.py", line 2094, in draw_screen
    renpy.config.screen_height,
  File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 490, in renpy.display.render.render_screen (gen\renpy.display.render.c:6805)
    rv = render(root, width, height, st, st)
  File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 259, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:3520)
    rv = d.render(widtho, heighto, st, at)
  File "C:\Program Files\Renpy\renpy-7.3.5-sdk\renpy\display\layout.py", line 722, in render
    surf = render(child, width, height, cst, cat)
  File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:4075)
    cpdef render(d, object widtho, object heighto, double st, double at):
  File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 259, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:3520)
    rv = d.render(widtho, heighto, st, at)
  File "C:\Program Files\Renpy\renpy-7.3.5-sdk\renpy\display\layout.py", line 722, in render
    surf = render(child, width, height, cst, cat)
  File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:4075)
    cpdef render(d, object widtho, object heighto, double st, double at):
  File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 259, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:3520)
    rv = d.render(widtho, heighto, st, at)
  File "C:\Program Files\Renpy\renpy-7.3.5-sdk\renpy\display\layout.py", line 722, in render
    surf = render(child, width, height, cst, cat)
  File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:4075)
    cpdef render(d, object widtho, object heighto, double st, double at):
  File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 259, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:3520)
    rv = d.render(widtho, heighto, st, at)
  File "C:\Program Files\Renpy\renpy-7.3.5-sdk\renpy\display\screen.py", line 675, in render
    child = renpy.display.render.render(self.child, w, h, st, at)
  File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:4075)
    cpdef render(d, object widtho, object heighto, double st, double at):
  File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 259, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:3520)
    rv = d.render(widtho, heighto, st, at)
  File "C:\Program Files\Renpy\renpy-7.3.5-sdk\renpy\display\layout.py", line 722, in render
    surf = render(child, width, height, cst, cat)
  File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 166, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:4075)
    cpdef render(d, object widtho, object heighto, double st, double at):
  File "renpy/display/render.pyx", line 259, in renpy.display.render.render (gen\renpy.display.render.c:3520)
    rv = d.render(widtho, heighto, st, at)
  File "C:\Program Files\Renpy\renpy-7.3.5-sdk\renpy\display\im.py", line 583, in render
    return cache.get(self, render=True)
  File "C:\Program Files\Renpy\renpy-7.3.5-sdk\renpy\display\im.py", line 266, in get
    surf = image.load()
  File "C:\Program Files\Renpy\renpy-7.3.5-sdk\renpy\display\im.py", line 808, in load
    child = cache.get(self.image)
  File "C:\Program Files\Renpy\renpy-7.3.5-sdk\renpy\display\im.py", line 266, in get
    surf = image.load()
  File "C:\Program Files\Renpy\renpy-7.3.5-sdk\renpy\display\im.py", line 628, in load
    surf = renpy.display.pgrender.load_image(renpy.loader.load(self.filename), self.filename)
  File "C:\Program Files\Renpy\renpy-7.3.5-sdk\renpy\loader.py", line 576, in load
    raise IOError("Couldn't find file '%s'." % name)
IOError: Couldn't find file 'natalie 1'.

Windows-8-6.2.9200
Ren'Py 7.3.5.606
Ben 18 1.0
Sun Jul 11 09:57:20 2021
Last edited by Dr_arell on Sun Jul 11, 2021 2:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.

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Re: im.Scale() cant find my image ERROR

#2 Post by Ocelot » Sun Jul 11, 2021 1:28 pm

im.scale is ancient. It isn't even documented anymore because it old and does not support many modern features. I think, the best bet is to use Transform class with zoom or size properties
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/trans_tr ... #Transform
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/atl.html ... perty-zoom
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Re: im.Scale() cant find my image ERROR

#3 Post by Dr_arell » Sun Jul 11, 2021 2:07 pm

Ty man, it worked :)

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