Accessing images from code/or setting images as variables

[netravelr]

Okay guys,

So right now I'm doing some functions where I want to call different images but at runtime. Now, what I'm actually trying to use as the images are really Live Composites and is far more confusing than what I'm trying to do, so a simpler example of this would be something like:

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image eileen happy = "eileen_happy.png"
image eileen upset = "eileen_upset.png"

if(...):
   $imageToShow = eileen happy
else:
   $imageToShow = eileen upset

show expression imageToShow

Now just make it 30 different image choices and them all being LiveComposites so I can't just put the images actual text, and just using a variable for the character name and expression won't work because the pieces used to create the images are all different, but having it be a variable would work perfectly. Sadly the closest I've found in the documentation is the renpy.image and Image but they don't return anything and I don't think they actually can get something already created, just make new things. Any ideas?

[Xipomus]

What you probably want to look at is DynamicDisplayable with the ConditionSwitch.
http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/doc/ref ... isplayable

http://www.renpy.org/wiki/ConditionSwitch

I haven't used it personally but it does do what you want to do.

Hopefully it helps some.

[OokamiKasumi]

... I'm doing some functions where I want to call different images but at runtime. Now, what I'm actually trying to use as the images are really Live Composites ...

Have you tried using just plain show?

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if(...):
   show eileen happy with dissolve
else:
   show eileen upset with dissolve

Because it's LiveComposite, it will swap out the image no matter where the image is on the screen.