I know that this is an old thread (and old code), but it really looks like something I'd like to use/adapt for sprite handling.
I've downloaded all the Renpy Image Definer files from github, carefully read all the documentation and comments in the code (several times).
I simply can't get any of these scripts to work.
I'm sure I'm missing something extremely basic (I'm new to Ren'Py, but not to programming in general).
I've created a blank, new, clean project to test this... and tried starting with define-all-simple.rpy
For the directory setup, I'm using:
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[game]
[images]
[bg]
washington.png
[characters]
[sara]
happy.png
[uniform]
concerned.png
...so for my script.rpy, I've tried this:
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init python:
def define_images(imageFolder, excludeFirstXFolders=0, flip=True):
for path in renpy.list_files():
if path.startswith(imageFolder + "/"):
path_list = path.split("/")
path_list[-1] = os.path.splitext(path_list[-1])[0]
path_list = tuple(path_list[excludeFirstXFolders:])
renpy.image(path_list, path)
if flip:
renpy.image(path_list + ("flip", ), im.Flip(path, horizontal=True))
define_images('images/bg/', 1, False) # set to 1 to allow "bg" in the scene declaration?
define_images('images/characters/', 2) # set to 2 to remove images/characters/ from the show declaration?
#Another example: let's say we wanted to define some backgrounds as well.
#We have a folder game/bg/, and in it there's the image "school.png".
#We could use the function:
#define_images('bg/', 0, False)
#after which we'd be able to call the image with
#scene bg school
define s = Character("Sara")
# Game start
label start:
scene bg washington
show sara happy
s "You've created a new Ren'Py game."
show sara uniform concerned
Running this, I don't get any errors, but images are not displayed, and lint shows:
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game/script.rpy:32 The image named 'bg washington' was not declared.
game/script.rpy:38 The image named 'sara happy' was not declared.
game/script.rpy:44 The image named 'sara uniform concerned' was not declared.
I've tried changing the directory structure, changing the parameters, changing the definitions, etc. Nothing seems to work.
Zetsubou: Would it be possible to just get a zipped working example project of your scripts?
I'd really like to expand on this using the define-characters-livecomposite.rpy for my project - using poses, expressions, etc... but I'm dead in the water if I can't even get the basics to work.
As I said, I'm probly just missing something really simple.
I've searched the web and the cookbook for alternate ways of doing this, but haven't found anything that works (or that would be a better solution).
I'm also studying up on DynamicDisplayables - but I really don't want to have to reinvent the wheel if I can avoid it.
Does anyone else have any tips/samples (actual working code) of how they are efficiently handling layered sprites?
Thanks for any help.
