[Solved] Default class not updating for defined value

[HB38]

I can't believe I am having issues here since my whole project is about 100 words, but I'm defining a class as follows in one file:

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init -2 python:
    class char() :
         def __init__ (self, firstName, lastName, fullName, age):
            self.firstName = "First Name"
            self.lastName = "Last Name"
            self.fullName = "Full Name"
            self.age = 18

And then in another file I'm defining a test character:

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define test_char = char("Test","Character","Test Character", 25)

However, when I status this character's info in play it's showing the defaults instead of their newly defined traits. Here is the actual script:

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label start:
    "test_char" "Hi, my name is [test_char.fullName].  I am [test_char.age] years old."

This outputs the default values (Full Name and 18 respectively) instead of the defined values (Test Character and 25). If I modify the values ahead of time (with a simple $ test_char.fullName = "Test Character" it will show the correct thing, so it looks like it will update correctly but I can't get it to start with the proper defaults.

I also tried using default instead of define and it had no change, but I want to use default here for sure (I just used define here for clarity in explaining the issue). The only thing I can think of is that I'm using Ren'py 8.0.0?

[Syrale]

Currently, your values are set to "First Name", etc. instead of what you pass on to the constructor.
The correct way to do it would be:

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class char() :
    def __init__ (self, firstName="First Name", lastName="Last Name", fullName="Full Name", age=18):
        self.firstName = firstName
        self.lastName = lastName
        self.fullName = fullName
        self.age = age

[HB38]

Currently, your values are set to "First Name", etc. instead of what you pass on to the constructor.
The correct way to do it would be:

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class char() :
    def __init__ (self, firstName="First Name", lastName="Last Name", fullName="Full Name", age=18):
        self.firstName = firstName
        self.lastName = lastName
        self.fullName = fullName
        self.age = age

That was stupid easy, not sure what I saw in other threads but oh well. Thanks!

[HB38]

Related; is there an easy way to adjust the class so that it's more clear/easy to read (I'm trying to make an easy to read template). I see someone mentioned something similar to what I was looking for here; ideally I'd like to swap from:

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define test_char = char("Test","Character","Test Character", 24)

to

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define test_char = char(
   firstName = "Test",
   lastName = "Character",
   fullName = "Test Character",
   age = 24,
   )

However, when I do so I get an error suggesting I should be using '=='. Updating to that throws a syntax error that firstName is not defined.

[zmook]

Have you copied something incorrectly? this works fine for me.

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init python:
    class char() :
        def __init__ (self, firstName="First Name", lastName="Last Name", fullName="Full Name", age=18):
            self.firstName = firstName
            self.lastName = lastName
            self.fullName = fullName
            self.age = age
            
define test_char = char(
   firstName = "Test",
   lastName = "Character",
   fullName = "Test Character",
   age = 24,
   )

[HB38]

Yeah, it's working for me now. Part of my issue was something I've never noticed before: If I flag a value and follow it with a say statement, it doesn't seem to show up in the variable viewer until the next say statement. Weird, but working as intended now. Thanks for the sanity check!