Hiding a Stat Screen

[Sumoslap]

Hi all:

As I said in my first post, I am not a programmer at all, but Ren'Py and the community here are so user-friendly that I am on the brink of having the coding framework done for my modest game. I am stuck now, though, and would be most grateful for a little help. Apologies in advance for coding stupidity, as I am sure this is a super-easy problem to fix for even a beginning programmer.

I am trying to create a Stat screen overlay in the top-left corner that can be hidden. When it is hidden, a single image ("Show Stats") appears in the top left; clicking on it show the stat overlay once again.

I have had most parts of it working this morning: the overlay appears, images and bars and all, and is populated with the correct stats. But when I tried to create the "Hide Stats" and "Show Stats" funtionality, nothing at all appears now, as if the overlay isn't called to begin with.

Here is all of what I think is the relevant code:

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init:
    $ maxpassion = 100
    $ maxeloquence = 100
    $ maxintelligence = 100
    $ startpassion = 60
    $ starteloquence = 5
    $ startintelligence = 85
    python:               
        def stats_visible():
            #if not show_stats: <--I commented these out, thinking that the function was covered below. Didn't work when it was commented in, anyway
                #return
            if not show_stats:
                ui.frame(xfill=False, yminimum=None, xalign=0.0, yalign=0.0)
                ui.vbox()
                ui.at(Position(xpos=10, ypos=10, xanchor='left', yanchor='top'))
                ui.imagebutton("showstats.png", "showstats.png", clicked=ui.returns("showstats"))
                ui.close()
                
                result = ui.interact() # The "$" returned an error here, so I took it out. The code ran, but nothing appeared
                
                if result == "showstats":
                    show_stats = True # The "$" returned an error here too, so I took it out. The code ran, but nothing appeared
                    return  
                    
                return
            if show_stats:
                ui.frame(xfill=False, yminimum=None, xalign=0.0, yalign=0.0)
                ui.vbox()
                ui.at(Position(xpos=10, ypos=10, xanchor='left', yanchor='top'))
                #ui.text("Passion", size=24)
                ui.image("passionbutton.png")
                ui.bar(range=maxpassion,value=startpassion,style="bar",xmaximum=150)
                ui.at(Position(xpos=10, ypos=10, xanchor='left', yanchor='top'))
                #ui.text("Eloquence", size=24)
                ui.image("eloquencebutton.png")
                ui.bar(range=maxeloquence,value=starteloquence,style="bar",xmaximum=150)
                ui.at(Position(xpos=10, ypos=10, xanchor='left', yanchor='top'))
                #ui.text("Intelligence", size=24)
                ui.image("intelligencebutton.png")
                ui.bar(range=maxintelligence,value=startintelligence,style="bar",xmaximum=150)
                ui.imagebutton("hidestats.png", "hidestats.png", clicked=ui.returns("hidestats"))
                
                ui.close ()
                
                result = ui.interact()
                
                if result == "hidestats":
                    show_stats = False
                    return   

    $ show_stats = False

#...

label start:
    stop sound
    scene black
    pause (.5)
    show feelinGroovy at Position(xpos = 0.5, xanchor=0.5, ypos=0.35, yanchor=0.5) with slowdissolve 
    $ renpy.pause(1)
    hide feelinGroovy with slowdissolve
    $ renpy.pause(1)
    g "Hello, little light! Welcome to life!"
    g "We have a lot of work to do, little light. But let's start at the beginning."
    g "It's time for you to give yourself a name."
    $ attemptanswer = "" 
    $ yname = renpy.input("What is your name?") or "Dulcimer"
    y "Let it be so. Henceforth, I shall be known as %(yname)s."
    scene library with slowdissolve
    "Testing to see how the narrator's text looks."
    g "You are trying to help Orlando. Here are his stats."
    $ show_stats  = True
    "The stat bar should have appeared if the code is working correctly."
    
    return

Please excuse the bad placeholder writing! Any/all help much appreciated.

[LordShiranai]

You may be better off in 6.11 defining a custom screen versus using overlays. In many cases, screens will be easier to use.

Let me see if I can do a small example real quick.

[LordShiranai]

Okay, here is a very basic stat box that defines a custom screen in Python which does the basics of what you want. There may be a "better" way to do this, mind you, but this is pretty quick and dirty.

The following is a screen defined with Python code, as well as a helper function which will toggle show_stats and then restart the interaction.

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init python:
    def stat_box(**kwargs):
        curried_toggle = renpy.curry(toggle_stats)
        if show_stats:
            ui.frame()
            ui.vbox()
            ui.text("Stat 1: %d" % stat_1)
            ui.text("Stat 2: %d" % stat_2)
            ui.textbutton("Hide Stats", clicked=curried_toggle(False))
            ui.close()
        else:
            ui.frame()
            ui.textbutton("Show Stats", clicked=curried_toggle(True))
    renpy.define_screen("stat_box", stat_box)

    def toggle_stats(x):
        global show_stats 
        show_stats = x
        renpy.restart_interaction()

The following initializes the two stats variables and the show_stats value.

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label start:

    python:
        stat_1 = 4
        stat_2 = 5
        show_stats = False
    
    show screen stat_box

    "Blah blah blah."

So basically when you run this, you'll start out with a button which will allow you to show stats. Then when you click it, it'll show the stats along with a button that allows you to hide them.

[Sumoslap]

Thanks a million, LordShiranai. This is well beyond my skills, so I greatly appreciate you taking the time to write code I can steal. Going to try implementing right now!

[LordShiranai]

No problem. Hope that it works for you.

[Sumoslap]

15 minutes later, I have a working system, LordShiranai. I am adding you to the "Special Thanks" credits of my game. Also, I might suggest that your post be added to the Cookbook: it's easy to copy into code, perfectly functional, and simple even for a newb-o like me to customize (I replaced the text with images and stats with bars).

[LordShiranai]

15 minutes later, I have a working system, LordShiranai. I am adding you to the "Special Thanks" credits of my game. Also, I might suggest that your post be added to the Cookbook: it's easy to copy into code, perfectly functional, and simple even for a newb-o like me to customize (I replaced the text with images and stats with bars).

Glad that it was of some use to you.

As far as adding stuff to the cookbook, I know that the Ren'Py site is due for a revamp, so I wasn't planning on contributing possible cookbook recipes until that point.

[PyTom]

I don't think we're going to touch the cookbook - although I might do a pass to remove obsolete code.

[Sabotank]

How can I make, instead of number, a bar appear?

[trooper6]

One of the most recent posts on this: http://lemmasoft.renai.us/forums/viewto ... &hilit=bar
The Documentation: http://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screens.html#bar

[Kamos]

It work amazing good job...

[Kamos]

can anyone help me??? this look amazing but yesterday i change some lines and now screen show only when something is active - menu or talk.... what can I f..... up???