Values not showing up with ui.text

[bobbk]

I can't get values to show up inside ui.text, example:

$ ui.text("To get to the next screen, click %(playerscore)d")

It comes back displaying %(playerscore)d in the UI. With dialogue statements it shows the value fine... any help would be awesome, thanks!

[Alex]

Try

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$ ui.text ("To get to the next screen, click %d" %(playerscore) )

Note: <%d> is used if the <playerscore>`s value is data (a number), and <%s> - if string (some text), even if string is "123".

... and if you need to show several variables it would be like

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$ ui.text ("%d some text %d%s" %(data_var, another_data_var, string_var) ) # the order of variables is important

[bobbk]

That's not working either, why did you move the value outside the text string?

the value I'm trying to display is a number and not a string

[Alex]

Could you show the part of your code...

[bobbk]

Playerscore doesn't display a numeric value, instead if displays exactly the way it's written in the string.

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init:
    image bg slums = "bg_blur.jpg"
    
    $ playerscore = 1
    
    python:
        def testoverlay():
            ui.text("Test")
            
        config.overlay_functions.append(testoverlay)
    
# The game starts here.
label start:
    
    scene bg slums
    
    Test UI
        
# Clicking on image map opens the UI below.
    $ ui.imagemap("bg_slumtest.jpg", "bg_slumtest2.jpg", [
                           (100, 100, 300, 400, "choice1"),
                          ]) 
    
    $ result= ui.interact()
    if result == "choice1":   
        $ ui.vbox(xpos=.3, ypos=1)
        $ ui.imagebutton("btn_taxi_killer_no_text.png", "btn_taxi_killer_no_text_over.png", clicked=ui.jumps('startthird'))    
        $ ui.close()
        $ ui.vbox(xpos=.2, ypos=.25)
        $ ui.text("This is the score %(playerscore)d ")
        $ ui.close()

"Stupid UI!"

Also for some reason I can't figure out how to make my menu wait for an instruction, when the UI opens the script keeps running and displays "stupid UI!" i'd prefer for it to wait for a click before doing anything further

[PyTom]

Playerscore doesn't display a numeric value, instead if displays exactly the way it's written in the string.

Interpolation isn't automatic when in python code. You need to tell Ren'Py what you want to interpolate:

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    if result == "choice1":   
        $ ui.vbox(xpos=.3, ypos=1)
        $ ui.imagebutton("btn_taxi_killer_no_text.png", "btn_taxi_killer_no_text_over.png", clicked=ui.jumps('startthird'))    
        $ ui.close()
        $ ui.vbox(xpos=.2, ypos=.25)
        $ ui.text("This is the score %d " % playerscore)
        $ ui.close()

        pause

"Stupid UI!"

Also for some reason I can't figure out how to make my menu wait for an instruction, when the UI opens the script keeps running and displays "stupid UI!" i'd prefer for it to wait for a click before doing anything further

You'll need to cause an interaction to occur. If you want clicking outside of the button to cause the game to advance, you can use pause as given above. Otherwise, you can call ui.interact.

[bobbk]

Fixed! Alex gave the same advice but I think I had a typo.

Pause is a pretty simple solution to something I couldn't quite figure out =)

thanks Alex & Pytom!

[Alex]

Oops, I was late...))