[SOLVED] How can I force an animated background and sprite to show at the same time.

[Thailandian]

I have an animated background of a landscape, and several sprites (also animated) of 2 characters sitting in the cab of a truck.

Here is some of the code for the images:

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image ch01_truck_bg_trog = Movie(play="videos/ch01_truck_bg_trog_01.webm", loop=True, start_image="videos/ch01_truck_bg_trog_01.jpg", image="videos/ch01_truck_bg_trog_01.jpg") #background image
image bg ch01_truck_trog_01 = Movie(play="videos/bg ch01_truck_trog_01.webm", loop=False, side_mask=True, start_image="videos/bg ch01_truck_trog_01.png", image="videos/bg ch01_truck_trog_02.png") #1st sprite
image bg ch01_truck_trog_02 = Movie(play="videos/bg ch01_truck_trog_02.webm", loop=False, side_mask=True, start_image="videos/bg ch01_truck_trog_02.png", image="videos/bg ch01_truck_trog_03.png") #2nd sprite
# etc.

I reaslise that the bg tag is a bit confusing, but the first image is constant, whereas the other images replace each other, so that much works.
My problem is that the landscape background movie plays for about 1/2 second before the first character sprite shows, even though I call them together:

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scene ch01_truck_bg_trog with dissolve
show bg ch01_truck_trog_01
tr smiling "G’day there. Name’s Corey Meyer but everyone calls me Trog."
show bg ch01_truck_trog_02

I guess this may be, in part, due to slow hardware, but I would prefer that both the background and foreground were ready to roll before dissolving from the previous scene.
It may be worth mentioning that once sprite shows, further sprites replace each other without delay - there is no returning to only the background while the next sprite loads.

So my question is: is there some way to force the background and first sprite to appear simultaneously?

As always, any ideas at all would be most welcome.

[Alex]

...My problem is that the landscape background movie plays for about 1/2 second before the first character sprite shows, even though I call them together:

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scene ch01_truck_bg_trog with dissolve
show bg ch01_truck_trog_01
tr smiling "G’day there. Name’s Corey Meyer but everyone calls me Trog."
show bg ch01_truck_trog_02

I guess this may be, in part, due to slow hardware, but I would prefer that both the background and foreground were ready to roll before dissolving from the previous scene.
It may be worth mentioning that once sprite shows, further sprites replace each other without delay - there is no returning to only the background while the next sprite loads.

So my question is: is there some way to force the background and first sprite to appear simultaneously?

As always, any ideas at all would be most welcome.

Yes, 'dissolve' transition takes 0.5 seconds by default. Try it like

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scene ch01_truck_bg_trog
show bg ch01_truck_trog_01
with dissolve # <---
tr smiling "G’day there. Name’s Corey Meyer but everyone calls me Trog."
show bg ch01_truck_trog_02

https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/transiti ... r-dissolve
https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/displayi ... -statement

[Thailandian]

Thanks Alex - that is exactly what I needed.