[Solved] Passing a variable to bubble screen on a specific dialogue line

[kaleidoscopic_kelvin]

I have one dialog line where I want to implement a shake effect

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hyd_s "Everything ready?" (shake_toggle = True)

The character is defined as a bubble type

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define hyd_s = Character(
    None
    , image="hyd"
    , kind=bubble
    , what_color="#80b847"
    , what_font = gui.hyd_font
    , what_bold = True
    , what_outlines = [ (absolute(0), "#000", absolute(2), absolute(2)) ]
    , window_xpos = 0.5
    , window_xanchor = 0.5
    , window_ypos = 0.66
    , window_yanchor = 0.5
    , what_style = "normal_voice"
    )

And within the bubble code, I have

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window:
        id "window"
        
        
        if shake_toggle:
            at bubble_shake()
        else:
            at bubble_appear()

But when I run it, shake_toggle doesn't change.

So how do I update the shake_toggle variable?

Thanks in advance!

[m_from_space]

So how do I update the shake_toggle variable?

I didn't realize you have this other thread. So you cannot pass arguments or keyword arguments to the say or bubble screen as far as I know (like you can with the choice screen for example). At least it's not documented. Renpy is calling those screens only with "who" and "what" as arguments, not passing any other args or keyword arguments along. Even if you try to change the argument list of the screens, nothing will happen. Maybe it's a bug, maybe a feature.

A workaround is using global variables and change them via the say_arguments_callback function.

I answered you here: viewtopic.php?t=67886

[kaleidoscopic_kelvin]

Again, thanks a lot!!!