Fade to black when you start a new game?

[InvertMouse]

Hi there . When you call Start() to begin a new game, is it possible to make the menu slowly fade to black first? I have tried to set up the transition config here:

https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/config.html

But none of them seem to do the trick. Sorry for not knowing something so basic. I tried to look at the docs, and I searched the forums, but I wasn't able to find an answer. Chances are, I just failed to use the right keywords.

Thank you!

[indoneko]

Renpy doesn't have any transition between the main menu and the beginning of a new game.

[Arowana]

I think you can just write the transition when you begin your first scene. For example:

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label start:
    scene school
    with fade
    "My first scene."

[InvertMouse]

Thank you for the responses . Yeah, you can start the scene with fade, but the menu will still jump to black first without fading.

[Arowana]

Hmm, really? The menu fades smoothly for me without jumping. Or maybe I'm misunderstanding the effect you're looking for?

[indoneko]

@Invertmouse : if you're typing "scene black" and "with fade" on the same line, the result will be different from typing them on different lines. Arowana's code actually works; it emulates transition between main menu and new game (which by default isn't supported in renpy's config).

[IrinaLazareva]

Well...
For example, that is real screen of main menu (in screens.rpy)

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screen main_menu():

    tag menu
    window:
        style "mm_root"
    frame:
        style_group "mm"
        xalign .98
        yalign .98
        has vbox
        textbutton _("Start Game") action Start()
        textbutton _("Load Game") action ShowMenu("load")
        textbutton _("Preferences") action ShowMenu("preferences")
        textbutton _("Help") action Help()
        textbutton _("Quit") action Quit(confirm=False)

then

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#fake screen of main menu (just copy)
screen notmain_menu():
    tag menu
    window:
        style "mm_root"
    frame:
        style_group "mm"
        xalign .98
        yalign .98
        has vbox
        textbutton _("Start Game") action NullAction()   #disabled (just in case)
        textbutton _("Load Game") action NullAction()
        textbutton _("Preferences") action NullAction()
        textbutton _("Help") action NullAction()
        textbutton _("Quit") action NullAction()
    timer .1 action Hide("notmain_menu", transition=Fade(2, 0, 0)) ## add Transition

# The game starts here.
label start:
    show screen notmain_menu
    scene black
    $ renpy.pause (3, hard=True)
    "Hello"
    return

[InvertMouse]

Thanks again everyone . indoneko, yes, your response works! I had no idea putting them on separate lines made a difference. Thank you.