So I'm making a Ren'Py game and I wanted to play some music when a screen pops up. I tried using the regular "play music" statement you usually would, but it only gave an exception saying that the play music argument is not a valid argument for the screen statement. I might be wrong with remembering what it said, but it just gave an error. How do I play music in a screen? I tried googling but didn't find the answer I'm looking for.
Ren'Py How to play music in a screen?
- Thread starter Deleted member 4963437
- Start date
- Jun 10, 2017
- 10,369
- 15,285
Not totally sure, because I haven't had to use it, but this should works:
Python:
screen whatever():
on "show" action Play( "music", "Whatever file you want to play" )
[whatever you screen is]The
You must be registered to see the links
screen action.The
You must be registered to see the links
screen statement.Thank you! I was able to use a $renpy.music.play statement, but the music played before the screen was even called. Maybe because I was using the "call screen" method? But the type of screen I have, you wouldn't be able to show the screen.
Oh, never mind. I tried it and it gave me a bunch of exceptions. Seems like the the "on" statement only works when a screen is shown, not called.
- Jun 10, 2017
- 10,369
- 15,285
The
on statement works even when the screen is called, and the code I gave works perfectly fine, I just tested it.So what exceptions do you get exactly ?
- Jun 14, 2018
- 1,581
- 2,219
To ask a dumb question... why not play the music immediately before showing/calling the screen?
I'm imagining something like:
Unless it's a screen invoked by another screen. But even then, I wonder if the music constantly restarting or switching between tracks could be a bit annoying.
Just questioning the basic premise, not suggesting you are wrong to try to do it that way.
I'm imagining something like:
Python:
play music "mozart.ogg"
call screen my_player_statsUnless it's a screen invoked by another screen. But even then, I wonder if the music constantly restarting or switching between tracks could be a bit annoying.
Just questioning the basic premise, not suggesting you are wrong to try to do it that way.
Actually, that works really well! Thank you very much! Originally I didn't think of that idea, but it works a lot! ^^
