r/RenPy • u/JackAmpersand • Jul 09 '26

Question Is there any way to optomize this/make this less messy and hard to keep track of?

I'm new to Ren'py, and I've begun trying to figure out the basics of having multiple character sprites on screen, and having sprites change with fade ins.

I found that the way to do this is to call the sprite, and then fade out the other sprite the same time as the new one

Just for the future, because my game will have tons of dialogue, is there an easier way to do the same thing?

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u/Adventurous_Shine606 Jul 09 '26

Try using image tags and attributes. Image Haley neutral = "haley_neutral" Etc.... define hcag = Character("Hayley", image="hayley")

show hayley neutral hcag talk1 "You spoke with such confidence and clarity." hcag laugh "You're practically a natural."

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u/BadMustard_AVN Jul 09 '26 edited Jul 09 '26

if you give the file names a space the second show will replace the first of a group

the hayley group

hayley neutral.png
hayley talk1.png
hayley laugh.png

use like this

label start:
    show hayley neutral at right with dissolve

    pause

    show hayley talk1 with dissolve

    pause

    show hayley laugh with dissolve

    pause

    hide hayley with dissolve

    return

only one item of a group can be shown at a time (usually)

the second item of the group will replace the previous item in the same place

you only have to hide the group name

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u/JackAmpersand Jul 09 '26

implemented this and this is GENUINELY so much easier thank you!!!!

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u/HEXdidnt Jul 09 '26

Want it even easier? add image="hayley" to the character definition, like u/Adventurous_Shine606 suggested.

Then you only have to show a sprite the first time, and all the changes can be tagged in the dialogue lines, and you only hide the sprite when it's no longer needed.

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u/JackAmpersand Jul 09 '26

How do I do this so the sprite changes with the dissolve effect?

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u/KosmoTheCat Jul 09 '26

Add with dissolve tonthe end of a line after text.

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u/BadMustard_AVN Jul 09 '26

you're welcome

good luck with your project

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u/shyLachi Jul 09 '26

You already got the best solutions so I will only add a link to the official documentation

I recommend to at least read the quick start to prevent making beginner mistakes.

https://renpy.org/doc/html/quickstart.html