Renpy coding help - Capitalization

[MTY Games]

Just wondering if a Renpy Master can help me out here.

Trying to get renpy to change the stored povname into all capitals for a single phrase. For example

define p = Character("[povname]")
define m = Character("Mom")

# At a later stage in the game

m "[povname]!!!" #<------ I want the mom to shout the name all in capitals.

I've found a few things dotted round the net about using python strings, but i'm stupid and don't know how to code them in.

Any help would be muchly appreciated!!

 

[dave619]

Just wondering if a Renpy Master can help me out here.

Trying to get renpy to change the stored povname into all capitals for a single phrase. For example

define p = Character("[povname]")
define m = Character("Mom")

# At a later stage in the game

m "[povname]!!!" #<------ I want the mom to shout the name all in capitals.

I've found a few things dotted round the net about using python strings, but i'm stupid and don't know how to code them in.

Any help would be muchly appreciated!!

Have you looked on renpy website I think the coding is there

 

[MTY Games]

Have you looked on renpy website I think the coding is there

Yeah I had a good look through, but can't find anything on there.

 

[Dicks McKenzie]

I'm but a mere Ren'Py padawan, but I think this should work.

$ capitalname = povname.upper()

You can create a variable to store your capitalized name using the Python .upper() method. Then simply interpolate that new variable into your dialog

m "[capitalname] !!!!"

Edit: got my initial syntax wrong because I'm an idiot , changed

 

[Porcus Dev]

I tried what @Dicks McKenzie suggests just for fun and to learn news things of renpy... but I get an error "'ADVCharacter' object has no attribute 'upper' "

So, I've been doing some tests, and for what it's worth, you can also use this (although this changes the whole sentence, not just one word... unless you can change a variable in the middle of a text, I don't know if it's possible).

This is default part in screens.rpy

screen say(who, what):
    style_prefix "say"

    window:
        id "window"

        if who is not None:

            window:
                id "namebox"
                style "namebox"
                text who id "who"

        text what id "what"

You can change this part like that:

screen say(who, what):
    style_prefix "say"

    window:
        id "window"

        if who is not None:

            window:
                id "namebox"
                style "namebox"
                text who id "who"

        if caps == True:
            text what.upper() id "what"
        else:
            text what id "what"

Then in your script, add the "caps" variable:

default caps = False

And to use it in your text lines simply change this variable... for example:

label start:
     m "Hello world"   #normal text
     $ caps = True
     m "[povname]!!!"    #This will all be shown in capital letters
     $ caps = False
     m "Bye world"   #normal text

 

[MTY Games]

I tried what @Dicks McKenzie suggests just for fun and to learn news things of renpy... but I get an error "'ADVCharacter' object has no attribute 'upper' "

So, I've been doing some tests, and for what it's worth, you can also use this (although this changes the whole sentence, not just one word... unless you can change a variable in the middle of a text, I don't know if it's possible).

It works!!! Thanks so much, really appreciate it!

 

[Dicks McKenzie]

...

I'm not sure why you're getting an error. I did a quick test and .upper() should work fine against the character name variable.

I wrote a simple Ren'Py script:

define p = Character("[povname]")

label start:

    $ povname = "test"
    $ capname = povname.upper()

    p "[capname]"

    return

The output:

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Your solution is good too, mind. I'm just curious as to why mine failed on your end.

 

[anne O'nymous]

I'm not sure why you're getting an error. I did a quick test and .upper() should work fine against the character name variable.

It works fine with the character name, but that's not what you do when you write "p.upper()" :

define p = Character( "test name" )

label start:
    # Let Ren'py display the string form of the "p" object.
    "[p]"

    # Try to use the "upper" method of the "p" object.
    python:
        try:
            txt = p.upper()
        except:
            txt = "You got an Error"
    "[txt]"

    # Representation of the object
    $ txt = repr( p )
    "[txt]"

    # String form of the object
    $ txt = str( p )
    "[txt]"

    # Upper version of the string form of the object
    $ txt = str( p ).upper()
    "[txt]"

    # Directly access the name of the object.
    $ txt = p.name
    "[txt]"

    # Apply the "upper" method of the string object stored in 
    # the "name" attribute of the "p" object.
    $ txt = p.name.upper()
    "[txt]"

    return

Now, the prettiest answer to the question is to update the Character object :

init python:
    # The function to add as method.
    # Like it's a method, it will have the object reference as very first
    # parameter.
    def upperName( self ):
        # Use the object reference to access the name, and return a
        # all uppercase version of it.
        return self.name.upper()

    # store.Character is in fact a store.ADVCharacter object.
    # Update it by adding a property named "NAME" (all uppercase 
    # to explicitly represent what it do).
    # This must be a property because we are expected to directly
    # access it as a value, not to call it. So, just defined the "getter"
    # which is the function silently called to get the value of this
    # property.
    ADVCharacter.NAME = property( upperName )

define p = Character( "test name" )
define g = Character( "another name" )

label start:
    # And now at anytime, if you address the "NAME" attribute of a
    # character, you'll get its name in full uppercase.
    "[p.NAME] [g.name]"
    return

 

[Porcus Dev]

It works fine with the character name, but that's not what you do when you write "p.upper()" :

define p = Character( "test name" )

label start:
    # Let Ren'py display the string form of the "p" object.
    "[p]"

    # Try to use the "upper" method of the "p" object.
    python:
        try:
            txt = p.upper()
        except:
            txt = "You got an Error"
    "[txt]"

    # Representation of the object
    $ txt = repr( p )
    "[txt]"

    # String form of the object
    $ txt = str( p )
    "[txt]"

    # Upper version of the string form of the object
    $ txt = str( p ).upper()
    "[txt]"

    # Directly access the name of the object.
    $ txt = p.name
    "[txt]"

    # Apply the "upper" method of the string object stored in
    # the "name" attribute of the "p" object.
    $ txt = p.name.upper()
    "[txt]"

    return

Now, the prettiest answer to the question is to update the Character object :

init python:
    # The function to add as method.
    # Like it's a method, it will have the object reference as very first
    # parameter.
    def upperName( self ):
        # Use the object reference to access the name, and return a
        # all uppercase version of it.
        return self.name.upper()

    # store.Character is in fact a store.ADVCharacter object.
    # Update it by adding a property named "NAME" (all uppercase
    # to explicitly represent what it do).
    # This must be a property because we are expected to directly
    # access it as a value, not to call it. So, just defined the "getter"
    # which is the function silently called to get the value of this
    # property.
    ADVCharacter.NAME = property( upperName )

define p = Character( "test name" )
define g = Character( "another name" )

label start:
    # And now at anytime, if you address the "NAME" attribute of a
    # character, you'll get its name in full uppercase.
    "[p.NAME] [g.name]"
    return

Awesome!

 

[MTY Games]

Now, the prettiest answer to the question is to update the Character object :

Does this change the characters name to capitals or change what that character says into capitals? If not the latter then do you know a way to do this?

 

[anne O'nymous]

Does this change the characters name to capitals or change what that character says into capitals? If not the latter then do you know a way to do this?

It answer the question you asked when starting this thread. When you write something like :

girl "Hey, [p.NAME], how are you"

The name of the "p" character will be displayed in uppercase in the sentence.

 

[79flavors]

The name of the "p" character will be displayed in uppercase in the sentence.

I liked this solution... with only one problem...
It doesn't work if the name of the character is a variable.

I wrote this testbed code before I realized it didn't quite do what I was expecting it to.

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[anne O'nymous]

I liked this solution... with only one problem...
It doesn't work if the name of the character is a variable.

Arg, dynamic killed me... Well, in fact not for long, just a little fix :

    def upperName( self ):
        return renpy.substitutions.substitute( renpy.python.py_eval( self.name ) if self.dynamic else self.name )[0].upper()

 

[79flavors]

Well, in fact not for long, just a little fix :

I had no doubt.

@MyTeenageYears ...

Spoiler: This works how you want it...

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[MTY Games]

It answer the question you asked

Thanks so much, really appreciate it!!

 

[MTY Games]

@79flavors Thanks!!!

 

[Silk_Ari]

This thread is old, but I was looking for this and I personally found the best solution to be:

step 1 create a temp variable:
define UpperName = "empty"

Then in your script, when you need an uppercase name:
$ UpperName = povname.upper()
povname "My name is [povname] and in uppercase is: [UpperName]"
$ UpperName = character.upper()
character "My name is [character] and in uppercase is: [UpperName]"

if you need 2 uppercase names in the same sentence then just create another variable UpperName2.

hope this helps someone!

 

[the66]

ok, lets do the necro...

1st: use an up-to-date Ren'Py version
2nd: there are flags for interpolating variables in Text objects.

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in this case: m "[povname!u]!!!"

 

[Silk_Ari]

ok, lets do the necro...

1st: use an up-to-date Ren'Py version
2nd: there are flags for interpolating variables in Text objects.

You must be registered to see the links

in this case: m "[povname!u]!!!"

You know i tried that and it wasn't working... never thought to update my renpy

btw: The !u flag forces the text to uppercase and the !l flag forces the text to lowercase. The !c flag acts only on the first character, capitalizing it. These flags may be combined, for example using !cl would capitalize the first character, and force the remaining text to lowercase.