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Question about timed information overlay

#1 Post by madbunnie13 »

So I am creating a game with an information which displays character information, and each time
it updates i want to have an overlay on the top right hand side of the game saying "XXX's profile has been updated"

It worked fine when I had only one information at a time, but can't seem to get it to run with a list of information:

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init python:
    information = []
    def popup_overlay():
        if len(information) > 0 and hide_popups == False:
            ui.frame(xanchor="right",xpos=1.0, ypos=0.1)
            ui.text(information[0])
    config.overlay_functions.append(popup_overlay)

screen show_popup_info:
    timer 3.0 repeat True action If(((information > 0) and information), true=information.pop(0), false=Hide('show_popup_info'))
and this is what i do in the actual script:

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    $ information.append("Girl's profile is updated")
    show screen show_popup_info

the error i get is:

File "game/functions.rpy", line 2, in <module>
timer 3.0 repeat True action If(information, true=information.pop(0), false=Hide('show_popup_info'))
IndexError: pop from empty list
Last edited by madbunnie13 on Wed Oct 29, 2014 6:59 pm, edited 2 times in total.

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Re: Question about timed information overlay

#2 Post by Milkymalk »

Can you also post how it worked with one piece of information?
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Re: Question about timed information overlay

#3 Post by madbunnie13 »

this is all i changed for it to work with one piece of information

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screen show_popup_info:
    timer 3.0 action SetVariable("information", "")
init python:
    information = ""
    def popup_overlay():
        if information and hide_popups == False:
            ui.frame(xanchor="right",xpos=1.0, ypos=0.1)
            ui.text(information[0])
    config.overlay_functions.append(popup_overlay)

and in the scripts:

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$information = "Girl's profile has been updated"
show screen show_popup_info

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Re: Question about timed information overlay

#4 Post by Milkymalk »

While I'm not sure, the problem is most probably in this line:

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timer 3.0 repeat True action If(((information > 0) and information), true=information.pop(0), false=Hide('show_popup_info'))
What confuses me is the part "((information > 0) and information)". AFAIK "information" is True while it's not empty [], but what is the purpose of "(information > 0)"? What happens if you remove that?
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Re: Question about timed information overlay

#5 Post by madbunnie13 »

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len(information) > 0 and information
so the information needs to exist and has at least one element. Not sure if it is needed, but i put it in just to be save.

I tried to remove it and nothing happened, still getting the same error...

also the error i get is:

File "game/functions.rpy", line 2, in <module>
timer 3.0 repeat True action If(information, true=information.pop(0), false=Hide('show_popup_info'))
IndexError: pop from empty list

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Re: Question about timed information overlay

#6 Post by Milkymalk »

Just "information" as a condition should suffice. It only returns True if the list is non-empty.

I think I have an idea.

Screen actions are called the moment they are parsed, meaning that "information.pop(0)" will happen all the time without the timer actually being finished. You probably need to curry it in order to use it here, but I have my problems with curry functions myself. Can someone with more expertise with curry funtions please take over?
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Re: Question about timed information overlay

#7 Post by madbunnie13 »

T-T running out of ideas,
The information.pop should only be called if it's not empty...

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Re: Question about timed information overlay

#8 Post by Milkymalk »

Yes I know, but that's not how it works.

Remember how the documentation for screen language says that your screen code should not have effects outside the screen? That's the reason.

You need to curry the function, something like:

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popcurry = renpy.curry(information.pop)
and then call "popcurry(0)" as an action. No guarantee that this is the correct syntax though, I struggle heavily when I need to use currying myself.

The reason for this IS that it's not only called when it's executed, but it's called upon parsing and whatever it returns is called. A curry function is a function that returns a function, and that one is called when it's actually supposed to.
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Re: Question about timed information overlay

#9 Post by madbunnie13 »

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screen show_popup_info:
    timer 3.0 repeat True action remove_used_info
        
init python:
    def RemoveUsedInfo():
        if(information):
            information.pop(0)
            
    remove_used_info = renpy.curry(RemoveUsedInfo)
no luck, doesn't pop the information, also makes the game run funny( clicking once will skip two lines), no errors but doesn't work.... :(

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Re: Question about timed information overlay

#10 Post by Milkymalk »

Sorry, I'm out of ideas for now. Anyone else?
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Re: Question about timed information overlay

#11 Post by madbunnie13 »

No worries, I'm sure someone will show us a different way to handle it. :D

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