Ren'Py How to display a message or a menu, without the black screen in Renpy?

[Scapest]

I'm trying to show a message when I click in a Imagebutton.

imagebutton:
        xpos 1272 ypos 261
        focus_mask True
        idle "Hud/overworldmark_idle.png"
        hover "Hud/overworldmark_hover.png"
        if unclickable == False:
            if time_of_day in ('MORNING', 'AFTERNOON'):
                action Hide("overworld_map"), Jump("college") hovered ShowTransient("label_college") unhovered Hide("label_college")
            else:
                action SetVariable("show_college_closed_message", True), Jump("college_closed_message")

label college_closed_message:
    $ unclickable = True
    if show_college_closed_message:
        n "College is closed right now."
        $ unclickable = False
        jump overworld_map

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or in a menu

label mcbedroom_menu:
    if daytime<4:
        menu:
            "Rest":
                #"Afternoon":    #imagebutton  transformar em label os horários
                    if daytime < 2:  # Verifica se é possível avançar para a tarde
                        $daytime = 2
                        jump change_timename
                #"Evening":  #imagebutton
                    if daytime < 3:  # Verifica se é possível avançar para a noite
                        $daytime = 3
                        jump change_timename
                #"Night":    #imagebutton
                    if daytime < 4:  # Verifica se é possível avançar para a noite
                        $daytime = 4
                        jump change_timename
            "Go to sleep": #imagebutton
                if daytime == 4:  # Verifica se é noite para permitir ir dormir
                    $lastplace="mc_room"
                    jump start_of_next_day
                else:
                    jump change_timename
    else:
        menu:
            "Go to sleep": #imagebutton
                if daytime == 4:  # Verifica se é noite para permitir ir dormir
                    $lastplace="mc_room"

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But every time, it shows the message or the menu, with a black screen, how can I show the message or the menu, with the background that already exists at the moment?
Do I need to call the screen again? or create a new one?

 

[osanaiko]

Just glancing at your code a couple of things jumped out

1. I don't see anywhere that you are displaying a "scene" image which is the normal way to have a background behind a menu or Screen

2. the ImageButton does nothing (useful) unless contained by a Screen. Perhaps you cut out that part of the code for clarity, so maybe this is a red herring. please show full code if you are still having issues.

3. In Renpy Screen language, multiple actions must be enclosed in a Python List

    action SetVariable("show_college_closed_message", True), Jump("college_closed_message")
#should be
    action [SetVariable("show_college_closed_message", True), Jump("college_closed_message")]

 

[Scapest]

Just glancing at your code a couple of things jumped out

1. I don't see anywhere that you are displaying a "scene" image which is the normal way to have a background behind a menu or Screen

2. the ImageButton does nothing (useful) unless contained by a Screen. Perhaps you cut out that part of the code for clarity, so maybe this is a red herring. please show full code if you are still having issues.

3. In Renpy Screen language, multiple actions must be enclosed in a Python List

    action SetVariable("show_college_closed_message", True), Jump("college_closed_message")
#should be
    action [SetVariable("show_college_closed_message", True), Jump("college_closed_message")]

You are totally right, I was not calling a scene, problem solved, thank you.

label college_closed_message_evening:
    $ unclickable = True
    if show_college_closed_message_evening:
        scene image "Places/City_map_evening_ground.jpg"
        n "College is closed right now."
        $ unclickable = False
        jump overworld_map

 

[anne O'nymous]

3. In Renpy Screen language, multiple actions must be enclosed in a Python List

It's not mandatory since a couple of years, yet I agree that it's more explicit and should be done that way.


This being said there's another thing that jumped out to my eyes, the use of a label for the message.

Something like

[...]
               action Show( "myNotify", "College is closed right now." )
[...]

screen myNotify( msg ):

    text "[msg]" xalign 0.5 yalign 0.5

    imagebutton:
        idle Solid( "#00000000" )
        xpos 0 ypos 0
        xsize config.screen_width
        ysize config.screen_height
        action Hide()

Would probably be better. At least after some styling of course.

Alternatively the screen can hide itself after (in the example) 3 seconds:

screen myNotify( msg ):

    timer 3 action Hide()

    text "[msg]" xalign 0.5 yalign 0.5