Ren'Py How to change tha way you can call a character by unsing a variable "relationship"

[Alt-0069]

Hello,
I'm new at Renpy and I can't find the answer I'm searching.
I want to change the way the player call a character by using a variable to change the relationship between them but my tries won't work.

I try with a character named Joe Thetest:

default Joe_call = 'Mr. Thetest'​

​

#File 1​

label Joe_relationship:​

if Joe_R >= 10:​

$ Joe_call = 'Joe'​

else:​

$Joe_call = "Mr.Thetest"​

​

#File 2​

label tchat:​

#Player do some quests that raise Joe_relationship to 10 and other​

$ Joe_relationship +=10​

I dont want to change the name by just using $ Joe_call = "...." because I want to make quests with some reward and this try can help me to understant how to do it.
Thank for helping

 

[79flavors]

It looks to me that you've already solved your problem, in so much as at least what you have is correct.
(Well, except you're using both Joe_R and Joe_relationship for the same thing - so that could be your initial problem).

This would be more or less what I'd have:

define j = Character("[j_call]", color="#04B486")

default j_call = "Mr. Thetest"
default j_rel = 0

label start:

    scene black with fade
    j "Hi, I'm [j]."


label game_loop:

    if j_rel >= 30:
        $ j_call = "Joe"
    else:
        $ j_call = "Mr. Testest"

    j "Relationship points = [j_rel]: You should call me [j]."

    menu:
        "Add relationship points":
            $ j_rel += 10

        "Subtract relationship points":
            $ j_rel -= 10

        "Exit":
            jump end_of_game

    jump game_loop


label end_of_game:

    "*** THE END ***"
    return

The key points:

• The check for if j_rel >= 30: is done in a common place guaranteed to executed after the relationship variable has been updated, but before the name is used again. You could code it over and over again, but if there's a single place (or only a few places) in your code to use it - that would be a lot less spaghetti code.
• The name of the character is indirect and uses the Character() definition, which in turn uses the j_call variable.
• Variable values can be displayed within strings by wrapping them in square brackets [ ].

Other than that, what I've written is almost identical to what you already had.

Slightly more complicated versions:

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Finally...

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[Alt-0069]

Okay... I will try it.
I forgot the "return" ^^
I was thinking I can find a thing to avoid to call label each time.
Thank U

 

[79flavors]

I forgot the "return" ^^

The return is not essential - so I doubt it is what was causing you issues. I just tend to write examples where possible that can be copy/paste into an editor and run.

I was thinking I can find a thing to avoid to call label each time.

The closest example to that would be my final version using say_menu_text_filter.
It's a bit of a kludge, but it will do what you're hoping.

 

[anne O'nymous]

Over kill when it's for a single character, but a generic class can perfectly do it, and do it in real time.

init python:
    class NameByRelation( renpy.python.RevertableObject ):
        # Will be treated as a attribute in place of a method.
        @property
        def joe( self ):
            # Return the name according to the actual relation.
            return "Joe" if j_rel >= 30 else "Mr. Testest"

    # No need to save it.
    nbr = NameByRelation()


label whatever:
    "Hello [nbr.joe].