[Solved] Use an Imagemap to set Pronouns?

[Hojoo]

I've been trying to incorporate choosing player pronouns, but I'm getting stuck on trying to get it to work with hotspots in my character creator.

Below is part of a imagemap using buttons to select pronoun options, and trying to call the function to select pronouns:

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        hotspot( 66, 107, 16, 7) action SetVariable("pronoun", 0), Function(pronoun_selection(pronoun))
        hotspot( 83, 107, 13, 7) action SetVariable("pronoun", 1), Function(pronoun_selection(pronoun))
        hotspot( 97, 107, 10, 7) action SetVariable("pronoun", 2), Function(pronoun_selection(pronoun))

Below are the default variables and the pronoun_selection function, using NPCKC's Pronoun Tool for Ren'Py as a guide:

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default pronoun = 0
default pronounlist = [("they/them"),("she/her"),("he/him")]
default selectedpronouns = pronounlist[pronoun]
default theylist = [("they"),("she"),("he")]
default themlist = [("them"),("her"),("him")]
default theirlist = [("their"),("her"),("his")]
default theirslist = [("theirs"),("hers"),("his")]
default slist = [(""),("s"),("s")]
default eslist = [(""),("es"),("es")]
default arelist = [("are"),("is"),("is")]
default they = theylist[pronoun]
default them = themlist[pronoun]
default their = theirlist[pronoun]
default theirs = theirslist[pronoun]
default s = slist[pronoun]
default es = eslist[pronoun]
default are = arelist[pronoun]

init python:
    def pronoun_selection(pronoun):
        selectedpronouns = pronounlist[pronoun]
        they = theylist[pronoun]
        them = themlist[pronoun]
        their = theirlist[pronoun]
        theirs = theirslist[pronoun]
        s = slist[pronoun]
        es = eslist[pronoun]
        are = arelist[pronoun]
        return selectedpronouns

The error I get when clicking on the hotspots in-game is:

File "renpy/common/00action_other.rpy", line 578, in __call__
rv = self.callable(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
TypeError: 'str' object is not callable

Any help would be wonderful!

[laure44]

Try:

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Function(pronoun_selection, pronoun)

instead of

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Function(pronoun_selection(pronoun))

[Ocelot]

To provide some explanation to laure44 suggestiuon you can look at this post:
viewtopic.php?p=557062#p557062

Note that it will not completely solve th problem, since pronoun value will be evaluated when screen is shown. This means that pronoun_selection will be called with whatever value pronoun held when screen was shown. Provide value explicitely, like you did for SetVariable.

[Hojoo]

Hi! Thank you both for the suggestions! I've run into 2 problems with what I have right now:

1. Fixing it to be Function(pronoun_selection, pronoun) definitely fixed the error I was having, but right now, selecting pronouns in the character creator interacts with the displayables below the screen —i.e, it brings up the dialogue box under the character creator to the front, even though I have modal True at the screen start. Why is this happening?

2. [...] pronoun value will be evaluated when screen is shown. This means that pronoun_selection will be called with whatever value pronoun held when screen was shown. Provide value explicitely, like you did for SetVariable.

   Thank you! You're right, it doesn't update. I tried to do something like:

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           hotspot( 66, 107, 16, 7) action SetVariable("pronoun", 0), Function(pronoun_selection, 0)
           hotspot( 83, 107, 13, 7) action SetVariable("pronoun", 1), Function(pronoun_selection, 1)
           hotspot( 97, 107, 10, 7) action SetVariable("pronoun", 2), Function(pronoun_selection, 2)
   

   But that isn't it; how would I provide value explicitly?

[Ocelot]

1) modal has no relation to the screen order. Try to display imagemap with higher z-order.
2) Missed it. All something = something_else in pronoun_selection should be store.something = something_else

[Hojoo]

1. Adding zorder 100 stops the dialogue box from coming to the front, but I'm still getting the problem where displayables behind the screen are interactable, so dialogue progresses under the screen while clicking to select pronouns.

2. [...] All something = something_else in pronoun_selection should be store.something = something_else

   Thank you! I didn't even think to use store; I set it up like this, and it seems to be working:

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   init python:
       def pronoun_selection(pronoun):
           store.selectedpronouns = pronounlist[pronoun]
           store.they = theylist[pronoun]
           store.them = themlist[pronoun]
           store.their = theirlist[pronoun]
           store.theirs = theirslist[pronoun]
           store.s = slist[pronoun]
           store.es = eslist[pronoun]
           store.are = arelist[pronoun]
   

   So that's a massive step in the right direction.

[Hojoo]

Okay besties, this is the code that works — updated with all the changes, plus some extra. The Function(pronoun_selection, pronoun) calls were redundant because they're already passing the pronoun variable, which already holds the index of the selected pronoun. It was causing problems and displaying not-the-actually-selected pronouns. So it works better just as Function(pronoun_selection).

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        hotspot( 66, 107, 16, 7) action SetVariable("pronoun", 0), Function(pronoun_selection)
        hotspot( 83, 107, 13, 7) action SetVariable("pronoun", 1), Function(pronoun_selection)
        hotspot( 97, 107, 10, 7) action SetVariable("pronoun", 2), Function(pronoun_selection)

Which means that the pronoun_selection function went from def pronoun_selection(pronoun) to def pronoun_selection() too.

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default pronoun = 0
default pronounlist = [("they/them"),("she/her"),("he/him")]
default selectedpronouns = pronounlist[pronoun]
default theylist = [("they"),("she"),("he")]
default themlist = [("them"),("her"),("him")]
default theirlist = [("their"),("her"),("his")]
default theirslist = [("theirs"),("hers"),("his")]
default slist = [(""),("s"),("s")] ## For verbs that conjugate with -s like "walk", e.g., she/he walks, they walk.
default eslist = [(""),("es"),("es")] ## For verbs that conjugate with -es like "go", e.g., she/he goes, they go.
default arelist = [("are"),("is"),("is")] ## For the verb "to be", e.g., she/he is, they are.
default they = theylist[pronoun]
default them = themlist[pronoun]
default their = theirlist[pronoun]
default theirs = theirslist[pronoun]
default s = slist[pronoun]
default es = eslist[pronoun]
default are = arelist[pronoun]

init python:
    def pronoun_selection():
        store.selectedpronouns = pronounlist[pronoun]
        store.they = theylist[pronoun]
        store.them = themlist[pronoun]
        store.their = theirlist[pronoun]
        store.theirs = theirslist[pronoun]
        store.s = slist[pronoun]
        store.es = eslist[pronoun]
        store.are = arelist[pronoun]

Thanks everyone!

[m_from_space]

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default pronounlist = [("they/them"),("she/her"),("he/him")]

Is there a specific reason why you put all your list items inside brackets? They don't do anything. This is sufficient:

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default pronounlist = ["they/them", "she/her", "he/him"]

If you want to be able to translate those pronouns using Renpy's translation system, you should do this on the other hand:

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default pronounlist = [_("they/them"), _("she/her"), _("he/him")]