renpy character likes, lust etc

[monkeyposter_7]

i basically want to make choices that affect how much people like you or lust for you, and i want to name this attributes myself
like "angela_like" or "angela_lust" etc

can someone tell me how to do this or what to look for in guides? is this "variables" or something else?

 

[Dicks McKenzie]

Yes, those are indeed variables.
To give you a very basic example of how they could be used -

define a = Character("Angela")

label start:

         $ angela_lust = 0

         #do something sexy with angela

         $ angela_lust +=1

         #angela's lust score has increased by 1

The "$" sign denotes a single line Python statement. I've used the first one to initialize the variable "angela_lust" and set it to the value of 0. The second statement is used to increment it.
There are multiple ways to initialize and use variables in Ren'Py and they're all valid (though some are deprecated and might cause issues).

For further reading

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is the official Ren'Py documentation. Or if you want any other help feel free to ask.

 

[lancelotdulak]

You should get a book on basic programming in the language of your choice. I strongly suggest anything by Kernigan and Ritchie. Theyre the gold standard. ID also suggest you learn C. Then c++ later. It will teach you the basics of all languages clearly. Once you learn c the core of all languages will become clear to you and picking up new languages will (generally) be a breeze. The reason to move to c++ is to learn object oriented programming.. and classes are very handy for things like threading etc

 

[79flavors]

i basically want to make choices that affect how much people like you or lust for you, and i want to name this attributes myself
like "angela_like" or "angela_lust" etc

can someone tell me how to do this or what to look for in guides? is this "variables" or something else?

Yes, both "angela_like" and "angela_lust" would both be variables.

Quick guide then...

Edit: Moved everything I wrote here to a thread of it's own. Hopefully it might help a few more people that way.

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[anne O'nymous]

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Wow, impressive. Too bad I can only like it once

 

[monkeyposter_7]

Thank you guys! It's working great

 

[randomguy20178829]

I store everything in a character class, much easier to reference and store this way and it is much cleaner. There is a tutorial written here:

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[anne O'nymous]

I store everything in a character class, [...]

While I completely understand why it's easier to do so, I tend to follow PyTom when he say that it's a bad idea. There's too many things in the Character class, and too many possible addition, for this to be an effective conflict free solution.
What can be done is to embed the Character object in your own class, then proxying it. Something like :

class MyCharacter( renpy.ptyhon.RevertableObject ):

    def __init__( self, [your own parameters], *args, **kwargs ):
        # Create the embedded Character object.
        self.__charObj = store.Character( *args, **kwargs )

    # 'say' statements works by calling the Character object,
    # so expect to be called, and pass it to the embedded object.
    def __call__( self, *args, **kwargs ):
        return self.__charObj( *args, **kwargs )

    # Will be called if an asked attribute is not found. Which mean
    # that it's a call for the embedded object, pass it to it.
    def __getattr__( self, aName ):
        # But first, ensure that it's not just a syntax error.
        if hasattr( self.__charObj, aName): return getattr( self.__charObj, aName)
        raise AttributeError( "Unknown attribute : '{}'".format( aName ) )