Keep textbox during ImageDissolve transition

[SlayerGG]

Hello!
I am trying to find a way to keep textbox during an ImageDissolve transition.
I have a custom horizontal blinds image that I want to use with a quick ImageDIssolve transition during sprite change (like Never7) but so far couldn't find a way to prevent textbox from disappearing.
Is there a way to use a custom transition image while keeping textbox on screen?

[Potato0095]

Using the "window show" command should do what you want iirc

[SlayerGG]

Tried it now but it just does the transition while hiding textbox, fades the screen to black and back, brings back textbox and then continues as normal.
Here is my code:

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"blablabla"
window show
show p3kao4 with blind
"blablabla"

[Potato0095]

It's very likely that's because of how your transition (blind) works. Iirc, each transition is different, and some can even hide the textbox, such as fade.

Test with dissolve to see if it works (either use dissolve or Dissolve(1) ).
Also check: https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/displayi ... how-window

[SlayerGG]

Tested with dissolve and now it hides the textbox, fades the screen to black and back, does the transition and after that shows the textbox.
I've also determined that it actually shows NVL window for a brief moment after fading to black and back and before showing textbox. I had a brief NVL scene before and if I delete nvl clear then it will show last text of NVL mode when I use window show.

[Potato0095]

Try opening Options.rpy and setting config.window to show. It's set to auto by default.

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define config.window = "show"

I don't really understand why your textbox is being hidden, it should not by now (I just tested the default blinds transition and it worked perfectly).

[SlayerGG]

Nope, still the same.
My Ren'Py version is 7.3.5.606 btw if that can help.

[Potato0095]

Update your Ren'Py to the latest release. See if it helps. I didn't see anything around the changelogs but who knows.
Also, can you send me the project, or a new project replicating this bug, so I can see for myself?

[SlayerGG]

Updated Ren'Py, still didn't fix it. Made a new project, tried it there and it worked.
Quickly cutted everything non-essential as far as I could from my project and made this one to show the bug.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_YMxag ... sp=sharing

[Potato0095]

As I thought, it was a unique thing of your project. Removing this line

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config.empty_window = nvl_show_core

from the script made the transition work.

If you don't mind me asking, why are you defining empty_window to nvl_show_core?

[SlayerGG]

This worked, thank you! I should've posted my script file from the beginning.
In my original project I also had to set

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config.window_hide_transition = None
config.window_show_transition = None

or else it would continue fading to black and back.

If you don't mind me asking, why are you defining empty_window to nvl_show_core?

Honestly, I can't remember now. I think me or other person in my team who is helping me with code were trying to implement something with it but forgot to delete it afterwards and then started to ignore it thinking that it should be there or something.

[Potato0095]

Oh, alright then, glad it worked out in the end!