Unable to click Imagebutton while additional screen dissolves

[Rock A Role Games]

I am creating a screen with a countdown timer. The timer text blinks in and out, which I have achieved by putting it on a separate screen from everything else that dissolves in and out of existence.

However, while the screen is dissolving, I can't click the imagebuttons of the base screen, even though they are not covered by the additional screen. Is there some way to work around this?

The relevant code:

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screen clicktest:

    imagebutton:
        idle "testbutton_idle.png"
        hover "testbutton_hover.png"
        action SetVariable("testvar", 1)
        
    $ n = countertime
    for i in range(1,countertime+1):
        timer i-0.99 action Show("blinkscreen",transition=Dissolve(0.25),number=n)
        $ n -= 1
    timer countertime+0.01 action Return()
    
screen blinkscreen(number):
    
    text "[number]" align (0.5,0.3) size 100
    timer 0.25 action Hide("blinkscreen",transition=Dissolve(0.25))

[Alex]

If you need blinking text, then try it like

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transform blink:
    alpha 0.0
    linear 0.5 alpha 1.0
    linear 0.5 alpha 0.0
    repeat

screen test_scr():
    text "Test!" align (0.5, 0.1) at blink

label start:
    show screen test_scr
    "?!"

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

[Rock A Role Games]

If you need blinking text, then try it like

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transform blink:
    alpha 0.0
    linear 0.5 alpha 1.0
    linear 0.5 alpha 0.0
    repeat

screen test_scr():
    text "Test!" align (0.5, 0.1) at blink

label start:
    show screen test_scr
    "?!"

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

Thanks for the reply, but this code doesn't quite achieve what I'm after. It allows me to make a given text element blink, but it doesn't work all that well when trying to update the text during the countdown. I tried combining it with a modified version of the countdown code proposed by tuna_sushi here, but I didn't manage to quite sync the blinking transform and the countdown code.

One alternative I've tried to work on is to use individual text displayables with your suggested transform for each number in the countdown, but I don't know how to get them to appear after a certain amount of time has passed (they would all have to appear with one second intervals). I've tried to use a timer with a custom function, but then nothing happens (probably because I don't actually know exactly how to construct this specific function):

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init python:
    def countertext(num):
        ui.text("%.0f" % num)
        
screen clicktest():
    $ n = countertime
    for i in range(1,countertime+1):
        timer i-0.99 action Function(countertext,n)
        $ n -= 1

I think the best thing would be if there was some way to override a dissolving screen making buttons unclickable, but I don't know if that's possible.

[Alex]

Mmm, what's the problem with syncronizing the blinking with the countdown? The transform takes exactly 1 second, so it should be perfectly sync with timer...

Try this code, is it what you need or?

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default my_time = 5.0

init python:
    def my_func(st, at):
        global my_time
        remaining = my_time - st
        if remaining > 2.0:
            return Text("%.1f" % remaining, color="#fff", size=72), .1
        elif remaining > 0.0:
            return Text("%.1f" % remaining, color="#f00", size=72), .1
        else:
            return Text("0.0", color="#f00", size=72), None
            
image countdown = DynamicDisplayable(my_func)

transform blink:
    alpha 0.2
    linear 0.5 alpha 1.0
    linear 0.5 alpha 0.2
    repeat
    
screen test_scr():
    add "countdown" align (0.5, 0.1) at blink
    
        
# The game starts here.

label start:
    "..."
    show screen test_scr
    "... ..."
    hide screen test_scr
    "~~~"
    $ my_time = 7.0
    show screen test_scr
    "?!"