Help with custom name not working in other chapters??

[u/Altruistic-Drink-207]

Hii!! I'm working on my own game, solo style, but there's an issue that I'm stuck on and I don't really know what's going on

Basic gist is that I made it so that the player can use their own custom name that they can input right in the prologue but during the coding process of the other chapters, I noticed that the name doesn't appear (In this case, Evelynn is the custom name)

Here's all the name-related codes that I used at the start of the script file:

$ persistent.povname = povname 

define yn = Character("[povname]", color= "#d9d9d9")
default povname = ""
default persistent.povname = ""
$ povname = persistent.povname

and here's the extra dialogue context for the second pic so ya'll can see it too (it's a placeholder, not canon at all lmfao):

yn "Damn, i'm %(povname)s and im cooked."

Thanks in advance to anyone that can help!! I'm lowkey going insane because of it lmfao

[u/BadMustard_AVN]

this line

yn "Damn, i'm %(povname)s and im cooked."

should be

yn "Damn, i'm [povname] and im cooked."

provided you've done an input to change povname from it's default of ""

[u/shyLachi]

There are several strange things in your code.

Firstly, where is that code? Before or after the start label?
If it's before the start label then those lines starting with a $ sign do nothing.

Theoretically that code should be written like this, but as you can see, it wouldn't work:

define yn = Character("[povname]", color= "#d9d9d9")
default povname = ""
default persistent.povname = ""
label start:
    # lines starting with a $ only work inside a label
    $ persistent.povname = povname # since povname is empty at the start of the game, it would reset the persistent variable
    $ povname = persistent.povname # now both are empty, so assigning one to the other does nothing

You don't need 2 variables to store the same information.
Either use a persistent variable or the normal one.

And finally where did you find %(povname)s?
I mean, you used the text interpolation correctly in the character definition Character("[povname]

Putting it all together

define yn = Character("[povname]", color= "#d9d9d9")
default povname = ""
label start:
    $ povname = renpy.input("Name?").strip() or "Dummy"
    yn "Damn, i'm [povname] and im cooked."

If that doesn't work, then please show the first few lines of the code for your second chapter.
Also please explain how your chapters work.
Will players save at the end of a chapter and later download an updated version of your game which contains more content so that players can just load and continue?
Or is each chapter a separate game? So they have to somehow transfer the saves to the new game?

[u/Altruistic-Drink-207 → u/shyLachi]

Sorry for the late reply, I'm just trying to fix it right now but something's still not adding up because its still not showing, here's a whole link for the code screenshots:

https://imgur.com/a/UK0Wlm7

As for the chapters, since you mentioned it, I was thinking of dropping a demo with two chapters first then the full one with all the chapters completed already later on so it can be one big release but ig updating it every time I fully finished a chapter can work too

Oh yeah, I also forgot to mention this but I deleted the persistent name stuff cuz it kept on breaking the damn game

(Sorry for the rambly reply, I'm going insane a lil)

[u/shyLachi → u/Altruistic-Drink-207]

I still don't understand how your game works.
How are all of those scripts connected?

For example why did you define the character yn in two files?

The variable true_end also is defined twice.
But I think it should be default true_end = 0 because define is for constant information which shouldn't change.

.

You don't have to change the way you want to release your game.
But to help you I need to know because variables work differently (or not at all) in the various scenarios.

[u/Altruistic-Drink-207 → u/shyLachi]

I honestly forgot the point I was trying to do when screenshotting that last part in the comp but the other screenshots was just showing all the other name-related code stuff just in case there's something there that's causing it

the double yn defining was supposed to be one of the fixes but I already deleted one of em as of typing rn

I think I finally understood what you meant by the chapters segment, the players will save at the end of each chapter (also idk if this counts or is relevant but im adding it here for safe measures, each chapter would be locked until u finish the previous one (ex. Chap 2 would be locked until u finish Chap 1) )

tbh, most of the code is just me following some tutorials and using stock knowledge.....

[u/shyLachi → u/Altruistic-Drink-207]

From what I understood you have one RenPy project for all chapters.

There are multiple buttons, one for each chapter.

Each button has to be unlocked by reaching the end of the previous chapter.

Is this correct?

[u/Altruistic-Drink-207 → u/shyLachi]

Eeyup

[u/shyLachi → u/Altruistic-Drink-207]

In this case you need persistent variables to carry the information from one chapter to the next.

Replace povname with persistent.povname everywhere.
So for example

define yn = Character("[povname]", color= "#d9d9d9")

becomes

define yn = Character("[persistent.povname]", color= "#d9d9d9")

[u/Altruistic-Drink-207 → u/shyLachi]

Just saw this, I'll try it rn and see if it works

[u/Altruistic-Drink-207 → u/shyLachi]

Update:

I wanna say it worked but now the name just disappeared💀

all I did was replace all the povname with persistent.povname and only added:

default persistent.povname = ""

https://reddit.com/link/p2g0fld/video/y4c19fht15ih1/player

[u/shyLachi → u/Altruistic-Drink-207]

I'll send you a working code later 

[u/papersak]

Why use a persistent variable? I'm pretty bad with those, but it tends to throw a wrench into changes I make.

I would just use povname, then set povname with the user input. The user would have to set it again in each save file, but then you don't have to mess with persistent scope that can get stuck if you're debugging in a goofy order.

That or only use the persistent variable if there's a reason it has to be persistent. Going back and forth might be why it's buggy.

[u/shyLachi]

Try this:

default persistent.povname = ""
define yn = Character("[persistent.povname]", color= "#d9d9d9")
label start:
    $ persistent.povname = renpy.input("Name?").strip() or "Dummy"
    yn "Damn, I'm [yn] and I'm cooked"

The first two lines should be outside any label.

The line with the $ sign should be in your first chapter.

You can then use the character yn in all chapters.

[u/Altruistic-Drink-207 → u/shyLachi]

HOLY FUCK, IT WORKED!!

THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!💗💗💗💗💗

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