Tutorial Ren'Py Character dossier screen

[P_S_Y_C_H_O]

I want to implement some sort of a character sheet. A dossier that will show updated info on all characters. A picture of notebook with different text on it. Stats, photo.
Can't find what I need via searching just because I don't know how is it called properly.
So could you please give me a link for a guide with something similar.

 

[Winterfire]

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[P_S_Y_C_H_O]

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Thanks, that's exactly what I was looking for.
Do you by any chance know how to put names in that list from player input?
I wanna let people call characters as they wish. So how do I put player input in declaring character list?

$ boy = char(
        name="Boy",

If I put "[player_input]" instead of "Boy" I get error.

 

[anne O'nymous]

Everything depend of the way you deal with the characters stats.

If they are on separated variables, it's something like that :

# The variables where the information are stored.
default char1_name = "something"
default char1_love = 0
default char1_lust = 0
default char2_name = "otherthing"
default char2_love = 0
default char2_lust = 0
# List of all the characters.
default allChars = [ "char1", "char2" ]

screen myCharSheet:

    #  Keep track of which character are actually displayed. The
    # value is the common part to all variables related to this
    # character.
    #  Will be reset to the default value each time you show/call
    # the screen.
    default actualChar = "char1"

    # Buttons to switch from a character to the other
    hbox:
        for c in allChars:
            # Like it's separated variables, you need to find the
            # right value first. Like each variables is stored in the
            # 'store' object, you just need to get the (value of the)
            # attribute with the right name. Said "right name" which
            # is [common part]_[value type].
            $ name = getattr( store, c+"_name" )
            textbutton "[name]":
                 #  When the player click on the button, it will change
                 # the value of the "actualChar", and Ren'py will 
                 # automatically update the screen according to it.
                 action SetScreenVariable( "actualChar", c )

    # Here is the sheet itself.
    vbox:
        # Like above, you need to retrieve the value first.
        $ tmp = getattr( store, actualChar+"_name" )
        # Then simply display it.
        text "Looking at [tmp]"
        $ tmp = getattr( store, actualChar+"_love" )
        text "Love: [tmp]"
        $ tmp = getattr( store, actualChar+"_lust" )
        text "Lust: [tmp]"

And if you use object, it looks like this :

init python:
    # Basic class for the example.
    class MyChar():
          name = ""
          love = 0
          lust = 0

default char1 = MyChar()
default char2 = MyChar()

# See above.
default allChars = [ char1, char2 ]

screen myCharSheet:

    # This time you store directly the object.
    default actualChar = char1

    hbox:
        for c in allChars:
            #  You don't need to retrieve the value, you can directly
            # address it's attribute in the current object.
            textbutton "[c.name]":
                 action SetScreenVariable( "actualChar", c )

    vbox:
        text "Looking at [actualChar.name]"
        text "Love: [actualChar.love]"
        text "Lust: [actualChar.lust]"

Obviously, it need to be styled, but that's how it's done.

 

[P_S_Y_C_H_O]

Crap I don't get it.
And I think you misunderstood me. I use the code from that guide Winterfire suggested. Tweaking it for my taste.
I need to show names that player input when I introduce characters in game.

###defining character
define m = Character("[mc]", who_color="#FFFFFF")

###player input name
$ mc = renpy.input(_("Hi! My name is "), default=__('Alex'), length=10)
    $ mc = mc.strip()
    if m == "":
        $ mc="Alex"

###And then you declare the character with name that already was input by a player

init:
    #declare all the characters here, use the following format. Add as many as you want or need.
    $ Alex = char(
        name="I want that name here",
        bloodType="A",
        major="N/A",
        age="16",
        birthday="Everyday",
        sign="Nope",
        likes="Pizza",
        dislikes="Tacos",
        description="Your neighbor.",
        currentThoughts="I really want pizza.",
        dateable=False,
        pic="girl a 1.png"
        )

How to link player input to "I want that name here" part?

 

[Winterfire]

"%(mc)s" should work

 

[P_S_Y_C_H_O]

"%(mc)s" should work

Unfortunately

NameError: name 'name' is not defined

 

[Winterfire]

That means the variable was not defined, on the page I gave you, did you also write the "init python" part?

 

[P_S_Y_C_H_O]

That means the variable was not defined, on the page I gave you, did you also write the "init python" part?

Yes I put everything from the tutorial. Also, according to line number of that error it's here

 vbox spacing 10:
          vbox:
               text name
               text bloodType
               if major != 'Major: ???':
                  text major
               text age
               text birthday
               text sign

 

[Winterfire]

Unfortunately I am not that good in Python but if the error prints only with "%(mc)s" but works fine by assigning a normal string (like "Girl" on the example from that tutorial), my guess is that it expects a variable with an already defined value, so maybe try to assign the value "Alex" first and then give the possibility to change the name.

 

[anne O'nymous]

###defining character
define m = Character("[mc]", who_color="#FFFFFF")

define m = Character( "mc", dynamic = True, [whatever you want] )