How to hide window and character sprite simultaneously (in parallel)

[komehara]

I found how to hide a window (in my case the NVL box) with dissolve:

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window hide dissolve

and also a character sprite:

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hide character with Dissolve(0.25)

I also know how to apply a transition like dissolve to multiple character sprites:

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hide character1
hide character2
with Dissolve(0.25)

However, I don't find a way to find two heterogeneous elements: the window and a character sprite, because they use different syntaxes. For instance:

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window hide
hide character
with Dissolve(0.25)

will hide the window instantly, then dissolve the character.

To take a simple case, let's assume I want both to dissolve with the same duration. How can I do this?

Is there a general way to run two things in parallel, similarly to the `parallel:` instruction in transform syntax?

For now I guess I'll just apply a full screen fade out and then instantly hide the window and sprite when over. This works because in this case I also want to fade out the BG anyway, but in other cases it wouldn't.

[m_from_space]

To take a simple case, let's assume I want both to dissolve with the same duration. How can I do this?

You can use so called dict-transitions: https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/transiti ... ransitions
This way the transition doesn't wait before it advances.

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define nointerrupt = { "screens": Dissolve(3.0) }

label start:
    show eileen
    "Hello."
    window hide nointerrupt
    hide eileen with Dissolve(3.0)
    return

You could also apply them directly if necessary:

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    window hide { "screens": Dissolve(3.0) }