Player Names

[SilverPhoenix34]

Hi everyone, I'm working on a story, and I've figured out how to allow the player how to put a name in for their character, but I don't know how to get that to become the default name on the text box, or how to get the other characters to use that name when they're talking. Any advice?

[Palas]

I suppose you want to display the player's input, right? You just have to use [variable name] in the text string.

Check this page out.

[rayminator]

it should be something like this

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python:
        povname = renpy.input("What is your first name?")
        povname = povname.strip()

        if not povname:
            povname = "Yuuichi"

for the default name it should look like something like this

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define a = Character("[povname]", type=adv)
define Yuuichi = Character("Yuuichi")
define ch = Character("Chika")

for the line should look like this

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     ch "Hello there how are you today, [povname]."
     a "Just fine."

[Kia]

I would change the character's name directly, saves you one step of defining an extra variable, but at the end there's not that much of difference between the two methods

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        python:
            name = renpy.input("My name is...")
            name = name.strip()
            if name:
                p.name = name
        "Hello [p.name]"
                

[isobellesophia]

There are many to make that one, so i suggest this.

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label naming:
    python:
        name = renpy.input(_("Anything! But real names i really wanted."))

        name = name.strip() or __("Student")