loop labels and menus [solved]

[pucedragonlord]

So I've got more than a couple labels full of menus that loop back on themselves. Remembering each choice and changing the dialog to avoid players going through different menu options this way is nice and all, but I wonder if there's a way for RenPy to remember which menu choice was picked last and automatically route to that one without defining labels and variables all over the place. Just something I'm curious about. It'd be a nice feature.

[PyTom]

Do you want to avoid showing them, or automatically select them? I'm not clear on what you want.

[pucedragonlord]

automatically select them. Sorry about that, guess it wasn't that clear.

[Kinsman]

You can use Python code to show menus using renpy.display_menu(), and then wrap some code around that to get the effect you want.

Is this what you're looking for?

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label start:

    # These variables are used by the menu system. Initialize them at game start.
    $menuspicked = {}
    $choice = ""

    call test
    return

# Here's a wrapper around renpy.display_menu. It will display a menu if the ID for that menu seems new, or else just return what the player chose if that menu has been shown before.
label smartmenu(*items):
    python:
        choice = ""
        if items[0] in menuspicked:
            choice = menuspicked[items[0]]
        elif len(items) == 1:
            pass
        else:
            # construct a menu
            menuitems = []
            for i in range(1,len(items)):
                menuitems.append((items[i],items[i]))
            choice = renpy.display_menu(menuitems)
            menuspicked[items[0]] = choice
    return

# Here's an example of how to use it.
label inforequest:
    call smartmenu("INFO","Neo-Africa","World War III","Zombie Outbreak")
    if choice == "Neo-Africa":
        "Neo Africa was the confederation of most African nations in 2024."
    if choice == "World War III":
        "World War III was a conventional war between Russia and China. NATO chose to stay out of it."
    if choice == "Zombie Outbreak":
        "America had its own problems during World War III, what with the zombies and all."
    return

label test:
    "OK, what part of the future would you like to know about? One choice only, please."
    call inforequest
    "And let me repeat that, to make sure you remember:"
    call inforequest
    return

[pucedragonlord]

that works great. Can I still have an information line showing with this menu like normal ones?

for example:

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menu:
    "what do?"
    "item1":
        jump item1
    "item2":
        pass

or is that not possible? If not that's fine, just curious if it's possible. When I ran it the first "INFO" line didn't show up. I assumed that's what it would do.

[Kinsman]

that works great. Can I still have an information line showing with this menu like normal ones?

for example:

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menu:
    "what do?"
    "item1":
        jump item1
    "item2":
        pass

or is that not possible? If not that's fine, just curious if it's possible. When I ran it the first "INFO" line didn't show up. I assumed that's what it would do.

The "INFO" part is meant as an ID-code, so that the script knows how to keep track of which menu has been shown or not.

Here, let me improve the code a little.

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label smartmenu(*items):
    python:
        choice = ""
        menukey = ""
        for i in range(0,len(items)):
            menukey = menukey + items[i]
        if menukey in menuspicked:
            choice = menuspicked[menukey]
        elif len(items) == 1:
            pass
        else:
            # construct a menu
            menuitems = []
            for i in range(1,len(items)):
                menuitems.append((items[i],items[i]))
            renpy.say(None,items[0],interact=False)
            choice = renpy.display_menu(menuitems)
            menuspicked[menukey] = choice
    return

Now, the first item will be what appears as the question that goes with the menu. The ID code is now auto-generated based on what's in the menu, so you won't need to worry about it unless your menus are very similar to each other.