How to override a Ren'py dev screen?

[majdaddin]

I'm trying to override a developer screen (`_variable_viewer`), but it keeps using the original one, even if I define mine in an `init 1100` block.

I've created a file in game/, and it's compiled, and it runs correctly (I put a `print` in the init block, above the `screen`), but the dev screen/menu still calls the original Variable Viewer screen from `renpy/common/_developer/developer.rpym`.

Are dev screens special? Can they not be overridden like 'normal' game screens?

The first bit of my `game/varsearch.rpy` file:

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init 1100:
    $ print "varsearch"
    screen _variable_viewer(all_entries, deleted_entries):

        zorder 1010
        modal True

I see a "varsearch" in the console, and no errors, so Ren'py understands the file and the screen, but it's not used when I try to open it with CTRL+D > Variable Viewer.

[PyTom]

Yes, the dev screens are special because they're loaded after everything else is. if you really want to do this, it would have to be at init 1701 or more.

[majdaddin]

Oh wow, my 1100 was almost there! Not a bad guess IMO. I thought they were even more special, unoverridable special.

`init 1800` works perfectly. Excellent. Thanks.

(Can I close or resolve or something this topic?)

[majdaddin]

Btw, where is that 1700 or 1701? Not in `developer.rpym`. That reads like it's all inited with order 0, since it's first-level/global/without init blocks.

[Ocelot]

Btw, where is that 1700 or 1701? Not in `developer.rpym`. That reads like it's all inited with order 0, since it's first-level/global/without init blocks.

.rpym files are not loaded automatically, they must be loaded explicitely by script somewhere else. And in this case that "somewhere else" is in 00library.rpy under init 1700 block.