Coding Blues 2

[Alex~kun]

Just some quick questions;

1) How do you move a choice menu.

For example, if I wanted to move something like this;

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menu:
Choice 1
"Words"
Choice 2
Words"

To, say, the left hand side, how would I do it, just for one or two menus?

Second, how would I crop an image to fit the screen, or certain space?

Thanks in advance.

[DragoonHP]

1) I dont understand what you mean...

2) http://www.renpy.org/wiki/renpy/doc/ref ... ns/im.Crop

[redeyesblackpanda]

Just some quick questions;

1) How do you move a choice menu.

For example, if I wanted to move something like this;

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menu:
Choice 1
"Words"
Choice 2
Words"

To, say, the left hand side, how would I do it, just for one or two menus?

Like DragoonHP, I don't really know what you're talking about. I did notice your menu code though. Pretty sure it should have colons and quotations, as in:

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menu:
    "Choice 1":
       "Words"
    "Choice 2":
       "Words"

Edit: I see. Sorry, I can't help you with that. I'm not too good
I'm editing this instead of posting, because this comment isn't really worth a post. Good luck in getting an answer!

[Alex~kun]

Sorry, I was in a bit of a rush when I wrote it, so let me explain (hopefully) a little better.

When using this code as you described;

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menu:
    "Choice 1":
       "Words"
    "Choice 2":
       "Words"

Those choices will usually appear in the middle of the screen. My question is, how do I make it, so instead of appearing in the middle of the screen, it'll appear on the left side of the screen. I only need to do it for one or two different situations.

As for my second questions, thank you for that.

[DragoonHP]

You will have to customise choice screen (found in screens.rpy)

But I don't think it is possible to do that just for a few choices... but I might be wrong...

[MoPark]

You will have to customise choice screen (found in screens.rpy)

But I don't think it is possible to do that just for a few choices... but I might be wrong...

I think it's possible to, instead of customizing that screen, create a very similar, but different type of screen, and call that one when you want the menu to the left, is it not?

[Alex~kun]

You will have to customise choice screen (found in screens.rpy)

But I don't think it is possible to do that just for a few choices... but I might be wrong...

I think it's possible to, instead of customizing that screen, create a very similar, but different type of screen, and call that one when you want the menu to the left, is it not?

So... basically, it'll probably work if I copy/paste the original choice menu code, rename it, and re-align it to how I want it, then use that for any choices I want in that way?

[MoPark]

I haven't done this before myself, but the idea seems sound enough, seeing as how you want two menus. There likely is a better method, but that was my first thought.

[Alex~kun]

I haven't done this before myself, but the idea seems sound enough, seeing as how you want two menus. There likely is a better method, but that was my first thought.

I'll test it when I get the chance, and let you know. If not, maybe someone else has an idea.

[Alex~kun]

So, I got it to work, kinda. The menu does move to the left side, but it overrides the original choice command. So, basically, I can't make it one or the other at any time, it's either completely left, or middle.

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screen choice: <- This is where it should be originally

    window: 
        style "menu_window"        
        xalign 0.5
        yalign 0.5
        
        vbox:
            style "menu"
            spacing 2
            
            for caption, action, chosen in items:
                
                if action:  
                    
                    button:
                        action action
                        style "menu_choice_button"                        

                        text caption style "menu_choice"
                    
                else:
                    text caption style "menu_caption"

init -2 python:
    config.narrator_menu = True
    
    style.menu_window.set_parent(style.default)
    style.menu_choice.set_parent(style.button_text)
    style.menu_choice.clear()
    style.menu_choice_button.set_parent(style.button)
    style.menu_choice_button.xminimum = int(config.screen_width * 0.75)
    style.menu_choice_button.xmaximum = int(config.screen_width * 0.75)


screen choice2: <- This is the new menu, placed to the left. 

    window: 
        style "menu_window"        
        xalign 0.0
        yalign 0.0
        
        vbox:
            style "menu"
            spacing 2
            
            for caption, action, chosen in items:
                
                if action:  
                    
                    button:
                        action action
                        style "menu_choice_button"                        

                        text caption style "menu_choice"
                    
                else:
                    text caption style "menu_caption"

init -2 python:
    config.narrator_menu = True
    
    style.menu_window.set_parent(style.default)
    style.menu_choice.set_parent(style.button_text)
    style.menu_choice.clear()
    style.menu_choice_button.set_parent(style.button)
    style.menu_choice_button.xminimum = int(config.screen_width * 0.75)
    style.menu_choice_button.xmaximum = int(config.screen_width * 0.75)

Choice2 was originally choice, but then it'd just override the first choice coding. So I renamed it choice2, but I'm not quite sure how to change it so I can use it.

[Mickychi]

I'm not quite sure what you have done but maybe copy the original menu script bit for choices and copy it, rename it (example: Menu2) and what you would need to rename and just change where it shows. I'm not sure if this would work but you could try.

[DragoonHP]

You will have to customise choice screen (found in screens.rpy)

But I don't think it is possible to do that just for a few choices... but I might be wrong...

I think it's possible to, instead of customizing that screen, create a very similar, but different type of screen, and call that one when you want the menu to the left, is it not?

It isn't... there can be only one behaviour for menu...

@Alex~kun: You can fake a menu screen by using ui.textbuttons (or simple textbutton in screens) if you want to have it for one or two menus...
Or you can also use Style Preferences to update the menu position at run-time (not quite sure if it is possible...)