Having an issue with text message code

[Gushi]

I'm using Littanana's Text message code and I'm trying to make the color of the bubble change depending on who's talking by using a tag to replace the color string, this is my code up to where the error seems to be occurring.

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init:
    image phone = "images/Other_artwork/Phone_stuff/Phone.png"
    default bubble_color = "#ffffff"
    
##Picking up the phone
transform phone_pickup:
    yalign 0.0 xalign 0.5
    easein 0.3

transform phone_hide:
    yalign 1.0 xalign 0.5
    yoffset 100
    easein 0.3 yoffset 1300


transform phone_message_bubble_tip:
    xoffset 10
    yoffset 1

transform phone_message_bubble_tip2:
    xoffset 165
    yoffset 1

transform scrolling_out_message:
    easeout 0.1 yoffset -30 alpha 0

transform incoming_message:
    yoffset 100
    alpha 0
    parallel:
        easein 0.1 alpha 1
    parallel:
        easein 0.2 yoffset 0

    on hide:
        scrolling_out_message

## Messages
init 5:
    style phone_message_vbox:
        xalign 0.52
        yalign 0
        ypos 180
        xsize 360
        xoffset -40

    style phone_message_frame:
        ypadding 10
        xpadding 10
        background Solid("[bubble_color]")

when I try to run the project I get this traceback error and I'm not sure what it's trying to tell me, I would assume that the tag would work just fine?

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I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

After initialization, but before game start.
  File "renpy/common/00start.rpy", line 82, in _init_language
    renpy.change_language(language)
  File "game/phone.rpy", line 50, in <module>
    background Solid("[bubble_color]")
Exception: Color string u'[bubble_color]' must be 3, 4, 6, or 8 hex digits long.

[Alex]

The program complaines that it expected something like "#fff" as an argument for Solid statement, but got some text ("[bubble_color]").

If you want to use a variable for color, then it should look like

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Solid(bubble_color)

(without quotes, so the program could understand that this is a variable).

Variable in square brackets is used if you want tho show its value in text line - https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/text.htm ... ating-data

[Gushi]

I have attempted that and it's giving me this traceback

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I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

After initialization, but before game start.
  File "renpy/common/00start.rpy", line 82, in _init_language
    renpy.change_language(language)
  File "game/phone.rpy", line 50, in <module>
    background Solid(bubble_color)
NameError: name 'bubble_color' is not defined

How come it's saying it isn't defined when I defined it a couple lines before?

[Alex]

Hmm... as documentation says
"The init python statement runs Python at initialization time, before the game loads." (https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/python.h ... -statement)

"The default statement sets a single variable to a value if that variable is not defined when the game starts, or after a new game is loaded. When the variable points is not defined at game start, this statement is equivalent to:"

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label start:
    $ points = 0

(https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/python.h ... -statement).

That means, that 'bubble_color' will be set at the game start, but style expects its value at init time...

"As Ren'Py builds styles on startup, named styles should not be changed outside of a style statement or init block." (https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/style.ht ... nheritance - end of section).

"Warning
Named styles are not saved as part of the per-game data. This means that changes to them will not be persisted through a save and load cycle." (https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/style.ht ... -functions).


So, try to set this dynamic background not as a part of the style, but directly for the frame, like

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default bubble_color = "#c0c"

screen bttns():
    
    frame:
        style "phone_message_frame"
        background Solid(bubble_color)
        align(0.05, 0.1)
        vbox:
            textbutton "Scr 1" action NullAction()
            textbutton "Scr 2" action NullAction()

label start:
    show screen bttns
    "..."
    $ bubble_color = "#c00"
    "... ..."
    "?!"

...How come it's saying it isn't defined when I defined it a couple lines before?

Check this post viewtopic.php?f=51&t=39572 to confuse yourself a bit more...))