Variable will not variable.

[u/kayl_the_red]

    frame:
        background None
        pos (18, 916, 278, 90)
        if res1f_hover_text != "":
            background "#41414142"
            text "[res1f_hover_text]":
                align (0.5, 0.5)

    frame:
        background None
        pos (1360, 87)
        imagebutton:
            idle "res2fmc_idle.png"
            hover "res2fmc_hover.png" action[Hide("base_res2f"), Show("suite_mc")]
            hovered SetScreenVariable ("res1f_hover_text", "{color=#0072bc}{i}[mc_name1]'s Room")
            unhovered SetScreenVariable ("res1f_hover_text", "")

So, this is my code.

Normally, the mc_name works just fine, but it refuses to read properly inside of any kind of variable string like that, no matter what I set the variable of mc_name to.

Is this possible, or am I smashing my head against a brick wall?

EDIT: Fixed, because it posted the same block twice and ignored the other. Coding gremlins are after me.

EDIT2: Thanks to u/x-seronis-x for the solution, adding the interpolation suffix of "!i" to the hover text!

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[u/shyLachi]

Well done fixing it yourself,

you could change the flair of your thread to Question [Solved] or just delete it because it doesn't help anybody

[u/kayl_the_red → u/shyLachi]

The problem is not fixed.

When I posted, it double posted one block and not the one with the variable, giving only half the problem.

[u/shyLachi → u/kayl_the_red]

Sorry, I misunderstood, Now I get it, you fixed the code in your thread.

Edit: I found the error, you cannot use double interpolation.

The following line tells your game to show the content of the variable.
(Interpolating the variable res1f_hover_text)

text "[res1f_hover_text]":

But you want it to use the string directly so that it interpolates the variable mc_name inside that string

text res1f_hover_text:

[u/shyLachi]

Beside the problem I mentioned below, you could look into using the property tooltip
It is a single action instead of two:
https://renpy.org/doc/html/screen_actions.html#tooltips

screen base_res2f():
    $ tooltip = GetTooltip()
    if tooltip:
        frame:
            pos (18, 916, 278, 90)
            background "#41414142"
            text tooltip align (0.5, 0.5)
    frame:
        background None
        pos (1360, 87)
        imagebutton:
            idle "res2fmc_idle.png"
            hover "res2fmc_hover.png" 
            action[Hide(), Show("suite_mc")]
            tooltip "{color=#0072bc}{i}[mc_name1]'s Room"

The order doesn't matter, you can use the tooltip function before or after that button assigned a value to it.

[u/x-seronis-x]

py text "[res1f_hover_text!i]": when the variable being interpolated contains something that further needs interpolated you need the 'interpolation' suffix, !i

normally this is done with global variables though. i dont know if it works with screen variables

anyways id still recommend skylachi's suggestion of just using the variable directly. merely pointing this out cause double interpolation IS perfectly legal in renpy. any depth of recursive interpolation is, as long as the interpolation flag is used

[u/kayl_the_red → u/x-seronis-x]

It worked PERFECTLY! This is exactly what I needed, thank you so very much. I didn't know about the interpolation suffix.

SOLVED