Ren'Py Unclickable Buttons

[keptyouhanging]

I've seen this in plenty of games but now that I'm working with ren'py for the first time I can't find a way to do this. Basically when theres multiple choices to select from and one has a condition, say, it requires lust to be >40, I want that button to be visible but grayed out and unclickable. If I add a condition to the choice and it's not met that choice will just disappear.
So yeah, how can I make an unclickable button?

 

[Potato]

I've seen this in plenty of games but now that I'm working with ren'py for the first time I can't find a way to do this. Basically when theres multiple choices to select from and one has a condition, say, it requires lust to be >40, I want that button to be visible but grayed out and unclickable. If I add a condition to the choice and it's not met that choice will just disappear.
So yeah, how can I make an unclickable button?

if variable > 40:
menu: button text

 

[RandomUser5546]

Won't be unclickable but it'll achieve a similar result:

Stick a label immediately before the menu, then have two entries for the button you wish to have unclickable, one is the normal one for if the condition is met which does whatever you want it to and the second should only appear if the condition is not met and just has a jump back to the label which shows the menu again.

 

[DSSAlex]

if variable>40:
    real button
else:
    grayed out button

 

[anne O'nymous]

Are you talking about the "choice" statement, or about textbutton/imagebutton ?
In the second case, the answer gave by @DSSAlex will work, but in the first case you'll have to do more works and edit the "choice" screen.

 

[Palanto]

screens.rpy

screen choice(items):
    window:
        style "window"
        xalign 0.5
        yalign 0.5
        background None

        vbox:
            style "vbox"
            xalign 0.5
            spacing 2

            for caption, action, chosen in items:

                ## add an hbox so the image and button show up side-by-side.
                hbox:
                    # disabled
                    if " (disabled)" in caption:
                        $ caption = caption.replace(" (disabled)", "")

                        if action:
                            button:
                                action None
                                style "choice_button"
                                text caption style "choice_button_text"
                        else:
                            text caption style "choice_button_text"

                    # normal
                    else:
                        if action:
                            button:
                                action action
                                style "choice_button"
                                text caption style "choice_button_text"
                        else:
                            text caption style "choice_button_text"

Then a choice menu should look like this:

script.rpy (Or whereever in your game)

menu nameOfMenu:
    "This is the grayed out first choice (disabled)" if whatEverStatIsToLow < 10:
    "This is the same first choice but not grayed out" if whatEverStatIsHighEnough >= 10:
        jump labelName
    "This is the second choice grayed out (disabled)" if not whatEverOtherStatIsFalse:
    "This is the second choice not grayed out" if whatEverOtherStatIsTrue:
        jump labelName

Or in your case:

menu LustMenu:
    "Oh god I want her right now! (disabled)" if lust <= 40:
    "Oh god I want her right now!" if lust > 40:
        jump take_Her
    "Nah, not interested! (disabled)" if lust > 40:
    "Nah, not interested!" if lust <= 40:
        jump not_interested

Meaning: Everytime you add " (disabled)" (Don't forget the space between the text and the (disabled) ) it get's grayed out....


p.S.: Hope that helps, edited a choice screen that adds "images" left and right of the choice for that. So you wouldn't really need the hbox but it doesn't hurt either way

 

[Palanto]

Won't be unclickable but it'll achieve a similar result:

Stick a label immediately before the menu, then have two entries for the button you wish to have unclickable, one is the normal one for if the condition is met which does whatever you want it to and the second should only appear if the condition is not met and just has a jump back to the label which shows the menu again.

Ooops only read that now...
You don't need to put a label "before" the menu, you can just jump to the start of the menu itself:

menu NameOfTheMenu:
    "I want to start the menu again":
        jump NameOfTheMenu
    "I don't want to see this damn menu anymore!":
        jump NextLabelName

With "NameOfTheMenu" you give the menu it's own label.

 

[anne O'nymous]

You don't need to put a label "before" the menu, you can just jump to the start of the menu itself:

You can also use a while loop:

label someLabel:
    [blablabla whatever code you want]
    while True:
        menu:
            "I want to stay here":
                 "Alright, you'll stay here."
                 "After all, being stuck in a loop can be useful sometimes."
            "Alright, I'll go somewhere else":
                 "Ready..."
                 "Set..."
                 "Go..."
                 jump anotherLabel

label anotherLabel:
   [blablabla whatever code you want]

 

[RidiculAwsome]

screens.rpy

screen choice(items):
    window:
        style "window"
        xalign 0.5
        yalign 0.5
        background None

        vbox:
            style "vbox"
            xalign 0.5
            spacing 2

            for caption, action, chosen in items:

                ## add an hbox so the image and button show up side-by-side.
                hbox:
                    # disabled
                    if " (disabled)" in caption:
                        $ caption = caption.replace(" (disabled)", "")

                        if action:
                            button:
                                action None
                                style "choice_button"
                                text caption style "choice_button_text"
                        else:
                            text caption style "choice_button_text"

                    # normal
                    else:
                        if action:
                            button:
                                action action
                                style "choice_button"
                                text caption style "choice_button_text"
                        else:
                            text caption style "choice_button_text"

Then a choice menu should look like this:

script.rpy (Or whereever in your game)

menu nameOfMenu:
    "This is the grayed out first choice (disabled)" if whatEverStatIsToLow < 10:
    "This is the same first choice but not grayed out" if whatEverStatIsHighEnough >= 10:
        jump labelName
    "This is the second choice grayed out (disabled)" if not whatEverOtherStatIsFalse:
    "This is the second choice not grayed out" if whatEverOtherStatIsTrue:
        jump labelName

Or in your case:

menu LustMenu:
    "Oh god I want her right now! (disabled)" if lust <= 40:
    "Oh god I want her right now!" if lust > 40:
        jump take_Her
    "Nah, not interested! (disabled)" if lust > 40:
    "Nah, not interested!" if lust <= 40:
        jump not_interested

Meaning: Everytime you add " (disabled)" (Don't forget the space between the text and the (disabled) ) it get's grayed out....


p.S.: Hope that helps, edited a choice screen that adds "images" left and right of the choice for that. So you wouldn't really need the hbox but it doesn't hurt either way

I've tried this and disabled funciton works fine but, when the conditon doesn't met, that menu choice just dissappear.

 

[KiaAzad]

Add this line somewhere (maybe your options.rpy file)

define config.menu_include_disabled = True

then use your usual conditions to disable your options:

menu:
    "Do it":
        jump demo_it
    "Don't do it" if cant_do_it:
        jump I_cant