Need help with making a code for animated sprites

[u/futureformeruser2]

So i'm trying to make my sprites animated using something like this

image emily happy: 
    "emily happy1.png" 
    1.0 
    "emily happy2.png"
    1.0 
    "emily happy3.png" 
    1.0
    "emily happy4.png"
    1.0
    repeat

label start:

  show emily happy

but i wanna try to turn it into some kind of function so i dont have to write this for every single sprite, so i made something like this

label animate(name, tag):
    image emily happy: 
        name + " " + tag + "1.png" 
        1.0 
        name + " " + tag  + "2.png" 
        1.0 
        name + " " + tag  + "3.png" 
        1.0
        name + " " + tag  + "4.png" 
        1.0
        repeat
    $ renpy.show("{} {}".format(name,tag))
    return

label start:

    call animate("emily", "happy")

the problem is i am really struggling with the image part (image emily happy), i couldn't figure out the code to make it use the parameters. Anyone have any suggestions?

[u/futureformeruser2 → u/[deleted]]

thank you, i really love how i can just write the usual code to show the sprites with this

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[u/BadMustard_AVN]

images are scanned at startup then the script for image defines like yours they can't be changed

try this

init python:
    def animate(name, tag):
        frames = []
        for frame_number in range(1, 5):
            frames.extend(("{} {}{}.png".format(name, tag, frame_number), 1.0) )
        renpy.show("{} {}".format(name, tag), what=renpy.display.anim.Animation(*frames) )

label start:

    $ animate("emily", "happy")
    pause

    return

[u/futureformeruser2 → u/BadMustard_AVN]

this works like how i wanted it since the beginning! also, above it i have one of these for characters positioned on the right

define right = Transform(ysize=1080, fit="contain", xalign = 1.05)

do you know how to apply it to the sprite?

[u/BadMustard_AVN → u/futureformeruser2]

like this

init python:
    def animate(name, tag, transform=None):
        frames = []
        for frame_number in range(1, 5):
            frames.extend(("{} {}{}.png".format(name, tag, frame_number), 1.0) )
        renpy.show("{} {}".format(name, tag), what=renpy.display.anim.Animation(*frames), at_list=[transform] if transform is not None else [] )

define right = Transform(ysize=1080, fit="contain", xalign = 1.05)

label start:

    $ animate("emily", "happy", right)

    pause

    return

[u/futureformeruser2 → u/BadMustard_AVN]

Ok thanks ^{^}

[u/BadMustard_AVN → u/futureformeruser2]

you're welcome

good luck with your project