[Solved] deactivating screen button...

[GMHLee]

Hi there,

Right I've scoured for hours on google, looked at the renpy docs and nada.

in my script.rpy I have

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show screen jewel_button with dissolve

fluff code...

call screen select_girl with dissolve

I need to deactivate the jewel_button when the select_girl screen is active.

In screens.rpy

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screen jewel_button:
    imagebutton auto "jewel_%s.png":
        xpos 0
        ypos 0
        if select_girl_active == False:
            action Show("cards", dissolve)

...

screen select_girl:
    $select_girl_active = True
    add "necklace2.png"
   ...

jewel_button calls up a another screen when you click it.
However when I call the select_girl screen I don't want the jewel_button to be active.

As you can see from above code, it's already hidden with the necklace2.png getting called.
I've tried the doing the if statement which doesn't work (I have an idea why but know why doesn't really help).

I've tried hide jewel_button just under call select_girl in script.rpy (well it still remains active so no good)

I've tried

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 showif select_girl_active == False:
   screen jewel_button

,
but that returns an error cause I'm pretty sure the syntax is incorrect but you try and google examples and all i'm lead to is the renpy doc page which has:

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showif n == 3:
        text "Three" size 100 at cd_transform

Well that example doesn't fit my use.

So yes, I do like to try things myself, try to understand the code I find on the internet before asking and now I'm stuck, even though I'm sure it's a very simple thing to do. Any help?

Thanks.

[enaielei]

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screen select_girl:
    $select_girl_active = True

Never modify global variables inside a screen using $ or python:. Screen is a live display the re-runs its code multiple times to update the display.
In your label, you can just set the variable to True before the "call screen line" to achieve what you want.
You can also use on statement in screens. But afaik this only works for shown screens, using "show screen" instead of "call screen".

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screen select_girl():
  on "show" action SetVariable("select_girl_active", True)

Timers would also work for both called and shown screens. Just set repeat to False.

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screen select_girl():
  timer 0.01 action SetVariable("select_girl_active", True)

[GMHLee]

Never modify global variables inside a screen using $ or python:. Screen is a live display the re-runs its code multiple times to update the display.

I see, I see, that at least certainly helps narrow down things to test out for now and in future. Much appreciated.
I'll try out the other suggestions and see how it goes, thanks.

[Imperf3kt]

Whenever this situation arises, I simply use if renpy.get_screen("screen name") and make the button insensitive if the screen is showing.

Don't know how proper it is, but works for me.
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