random gen and extracting text results

[cedes]

I've been experimenting with random generating in renpy, I was wondering if I could extract the text results? Preferably what the the text says on the screen, rather than the exact code, but I'll take either.

Basically

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"My name is [first_name] [last_name] I am [age], and I'm starting my life as [job]."

the text input would be random.choice and random.randint, with more information and such. Could I have the text come out like

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"My name is Bob Bobber I am 1, and I'm starting my life as a robot."

The code would keep changing as the game progresses but I'd love to have something more than just a screenshot to refer to!

[kivik]

When you say extract do you mean export it outside of Ren'py? Since you mentioned screenshot.

If you just want a static version of the sentence you can always use:

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sentence = "My name is %s %s I am %s, and I'm starting my life as %s." % (first_name, last_name, age, job)
renpy.say(who, sentence)

If you want to extract the text as well, you can use python functions:

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file = open(config.savedir + 'export.txt', 'w+')
file.write(sentence)
file.close()

I used the config.savedir because I get a permission denied error otherwise. You can output the variable onscreen to help you see where it's located.

Hope that's what you meant, I'm not 100% sure!

[cedes]

Ah yes I believe that's what I meant! And where should I put the python code? After all this time on renpy I barely know much code even less about python haha!

[kivik]

The first part you'd put just before you first use the sentence - you'll need to substitute the "who" part of the renpy.say function with whichever character is speaking. It basically creates a string of your sentence and stays the same for the remaining time in the game unless you change it.

The exporting part of the code can come straight after.

Since they're all python statements, you'll want to put it inside a python: block