Getting the X, Y position of a moving image on the screen

[PyTom]

You would implement a timer separately. Something like:

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screen timed_part:
    bar value AnimatedValue(old_value=0.0, value=1.0, delay=3.0)
    timer 3.0 action Jump("failed")

label start:
    "..."

    show screen timed_part

    "Think fast! If you don't click, you will fail!"

    hide screen timed_part

    "Whew!"

    return

label failed:

    "You failed!"

    return

(The code isn't tested, but it gives you the idea.)

That being said, timed segments are generally a bad idea. People may have different levels of language skills, and so read at different speeds - do you really want to punish them just because they're trying to work in a new language? Similarly, some people might be distracted at an inopportune moment because their child is shouting "No!", which to a one year old is a word that they've learned their parents say when they're about to do something naughty, and so they might as well save their parent the trouble, as the naughty thing is going to happen anyway*. Those people might not appreciate having to go back to replay a timed segment.



* Any resemblance to actual children is purely coincidental.

[Glazed Donuts]

Thank you, PyTom! This was exactly what I was trying to do!! And no, there is no dialogue for the timer I was trying to make. It was a mini game where they have to click objects on the screen in a limited time. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

I noticed that this affects only the default bar. Can this be used for the custom autobar? I tried doing something like this but I get an error:

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ui.autobar value AnimatedValue(old_value=0.0, value=1.0, delay=10.0)

and I tried to place your code in the block that contains my custom autobar image information, but there are still errors.

[PyTom]

That's not the right syntax. Can you post your code, and I'll turn it into a screen?

[Glazed Donuts]

Actually, I think I found out what I was doing wrong. I had to put this in my custom autobar script:

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ui.autobar(100, old_score, score, 10.0, left_bar=Frame("1.png", 5, 5), right_bar=Frame("2.png", 5, 5) , thumb="3.png", xmaximum=100 ) #it takes 10 seconds for the gauge to fill up

Then in the 'show screen timed_part' block, I put:

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show screen timed_part
$score = 100
"Think fast! If you don't click, you will fail!"
hide screen timed_part

and the gauge was moving slowly enough so that when 10 seconds hit, it was full. Is this an efficient way to do it?

EDIT: Also, another question (sorry!) It seems the only way for this to work correctly is for me to have text show up (Like the 'Think fast' line you used in the example). Is there a way for the timer to go without the text popping up?

[PyTom]

You could alway use a pause, or some other way of causing an interaction without showing text.

[Glazed Donuts]

Adding the $renpy.pause() function works, however, the timer stops once the mouse button is clicked anywhere on the screen. What I was trying to do was to have the user be able to interact on the screen during the 10 seconds, so they can click on things and the timer is visible on the top of the screen that shows how much time they have to interact with it until it goes to another screen. I hope that makes sense.