Expression Not Working Properly

[Zelan]

I know how to code expressions (or I thought I did) but for some reason my sprite's normal/neutral expression isn't showing up the second time I use it. It works fine the first time, and the second time doesn't look any different to me, so I don't understand what the problem is.

Here's my code:

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define c = Character("Camryn")
image couch = "gaycouch.jpg"
image angry = "Angry-Annoyed.png"
image blush = "Blushing smile.png"
image normal = "Calm.png"
image sad = "Concerned-Doubtful.png"
image confused = "Confused.png"
image big smile blush = "Laughing Blush.png"
image big smile = "Laughing.png"
image happy = "Smile.png"



# The game starts here.

label start:

    scene couch
    show big smile
    c "Hello! It's so nice to meet you!"
    show normal
    c "My name is Camryn and I use they/them pronouns."
    c "I'm here to teach you about trans history!"
    show sad
    c "As of right now, it's something that isn't taught often in schools."
    c "Even in higher education like college, most people don't learn queer history except in specialized classes. It's something I'd like to change."
    show happy
    c "But until then, there are resources out there! And I'm here to help you find them."
    show normal
    c "Consider this a crash course in trans history. We'll only be scratching the surface here."
    c "What would you like to learn about?"
    # This ends the game.

    return

The first time I use "show normal" it works fine, but the second time it continued to display the "happy" expression. I tried changing the order of "show normal" and "show happy" just to see if it would work, and it just continued to show the "sad" expression.

[Jackkel Dragon]

Going off the code I see here, I think the problem is that your statements are creating a bunch of separate images, so the automatic hiding of related images isn't working.

Your code:

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image big smile = "Laughing.png" ## define the image "big" with sub-image "smile"
image big smile blush = "Laughing Blush.png" ## define the image "big" with sub-image "smile" with sub-image "blush"
image normal = "Calm.png" ## define the image "normal"

show big smile ## show "big" with attribute "smile"
c "Hello! It's so nice to meet you!"
show normal ## show "normal"

This means that both "big" and "normal" are displayed at the same time, with "normal" closest to the screen.

Visual fix of your code:

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show big smile ## show "big" with attribute "smile"
c "Hello! It's so nice to meet you!"
hide big ## hide "big"
show normal ## show "normal"

This fixes the problem from a player perspective, but requires a LOT of extraneous code to create

Ren'Py expressions/attributes fix:

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image camryn big_smile = "Laughing.png" ## define the image "camryn" with sub-image "big_smile"
image camryn big_smile_blush = "Laughing Blush.png" ## define the image "camryn" with sub-image "big_smile_blush"
image camryn normal = "Calm.png" ## define the image "camryn" with sub-image "normal"

show camryn big_smile ## show "camryn" with attribute "big_smile"
c "Hello! It's so nice to meet you!"
show camryn normal ## show "camryn" with attribute "normal", hiding "camryn big_smile"

There are also other ways to make defining the images easier, but this is the basic way of using Ren'Py's automatic system for swapping out images.

Hopefully that helps... I feel like it may have gotten a bit technical.

[Zelan]

Going off the code I see here, I think the problem is that your statements are creating a bunch of separate images, so the automatic hiding of related images isn't working.

Your code:

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image big smile = "Laughing.png" ## define the image "big" with sub-image "smile"
image big smile blush = "Laughing Blush.png" ## define the image "big" with sub-image "smile" with sub-image "blush"
image normal = "Calm.png" ## define the image "normal"

show big smile ## show "big" with attribute "smile"
c "Hello! It's so nice to meet you!"
show normal ## show "normal"

This means that both "big" and "normal" are displayed at the same time, with "normal" closest to the screen.

Visual fix of your code:

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show big smile ## show "big" with attribute "smile"
c "Hello! It's so nice to meet you!"
hide big ## hide "big"
show normal ## show "normal"

This fixes the problem from a player perspective, but requires a LOT of extraneous code to create

Ren'Py expressions/attributes fix:

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image camryn big_smile = "Laughing.png" ## define the image "camryn" with sub-image "big_smile"
image camryn big_smile_blush = "Laughing Blush.png" ## define the image "camryn" with sub-image "big_smile_blush"
image camryn normal = "Calm.png" ## define the image "camryn" with sub-image "normal"

show camryn big_smile ## show "camryn" with attribute "big_smile"
c "Hello! It's so nice to meet you!"
show camryn normal ## show "camryn" with attribute "normal", hiding "camryn big_smile"

There are also other ways to make defining the images easier, but this is the basic way of using Ren'Py's automatic system for swapping out images.

Hopefully that helps... I feel like it may have gotten a bit technical.

LMAO, I knew it would be something small like this. I figured I could skip defining the character since I only have one, should have known it would cause me problems. Thanks so much for your help!

[Milkymalk]

What you skipped is not defining the character, but giving the images the same tag. The first part of an image's name is the tag by which Renpy determines if a newly shown image should replace another. It works exactly the same as the "tag" keyword for screens in that regard.