[SOLVED] Displaying multiple Text Images at the same time

[afrikanwizard]

How do I display more than one text image at the same time on the screen? Is this supported by Ren'Py?

Each 'show text' command deletes/replaces the text image already on screen.

I know how to display multiples of the same image file on screen by defining it under new names. I assumed the process would be similar for text images but it doesn't seem work. And I couldn't find a solution by searching the Ren'Py documentation files.

[hell_oh_world]

i think you can alias them.

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show text "something" as txt1
show text "something2" as txt2

https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/displayi ... -statement

[Imperf3kt]

Is this in the splashscreen or something?

Just add a pause between each show statement (add a number for time or no number to let the player click through.

[afrikanwizard]

Thanks, hell_oh_world. That was exactly what I was looking for. I had checked that very same page of the documentation you linked to and missed that bit.

Is this in the splashscreen or something?

Just add a pause between each show statement (add a number for time or no number to let the player click through.

Oh no. It's for use in-game. I knew how to display text images, fiddle with their appearance and location, and use timed pauses to make the lines of text flow. What I couldn't figure was how to show a new one without having the previous vanish, so that I could have the full text showing on the screen at the end.