Mod Ren'Py Universal Ren'Py Mod / URM [2.5] (mod any Ren'Py game yourself)

[Marian Sijanin]

Hello, 0x52! In the "Choice code" window you can see that looks like a calling some standard RenPy methods.
It's ui.saybehavior() and ui.interact() here, but I've seen some others in another game.
Is there a reason to show them in this window?
Could it be filtered out in future releases of your superb mod?

 

[0x52]

Looks like you are using an old version of URM

You right, i thought i was using the last version. Just download the beta and seems to work fine. Thanks vimey.

I've pushed it to the public channel and placed it in the OP yesterday

Feature request if feasible:

Add a +10 and -10 buttons to int variables or perhaps I missed something obvious?

I might add something like that in the future

Hello, 0x52! In the "Choice code" window you can see that looks like a calling some standard RenPy methods.
It's ui.saybehavior() and ui.interact() here, but I've seen some others in another game.
Is there a reason to show them in this window?
Could it be filtered out in future releases of your superb mod?

I'll filter those in a future release

 

[j.a.stranger]

Ran into an error while trying to launch DivineDawn-0.21e-pc (Ren'Py 7.5.1.22070801) with URM v1.9.4 (although it works with v1.5.1 which is a little weird)

 

[0x52]

URM 1.10 is available!

The changelog:

• Implemented keyboard controls
  • Cancel and confirm dialogs with Escape and Enter keys
  • Automatically focus text inputs
  • Use tab and shift-tab to change between input fields
  • Confirm inputs with Enter key
• Added persistent .URM files location, .URM files are now also saved in the following directories:
  • Windows - %APPDATA%/RenPy/0x52-URM/game
  • Mac - ~/Library/RenPy/0x52-URM/game
  • Linux and other - ~/.renpy/0x52-URM/game
• Improved .URM file load screen
• Fix: Ren'Py 7.5 compatibility

Implementing the keyboard controls was quite tricky. Ren'Py is not really made for this. But I'm very happy with the current implementation and it should feel quite natural.

Ran into an error while trying to launch DivineDawn-0.21e-pc (Ren'Py 7.5.1.22070801) with URM v1.9.4 (although it works with v1.5.1 which is a little weird)

Thanks for reporting, this is solved in URM 1.10

 

[ouch2020]

URM 1.10 is available!

The changelog:

• Implemented keyboard controls
  • Cancel and confirm dialogs with Escape and Enter keys
  • Automatically focus text inputs
  • Use tab and shift-tab to change between input fields
  • Confirm inputs with Enter key
• Added persistent .URM files location, .URM files are now also saved in the following directories:
  • Windows - %APPDATA%/RenPy/0x52-URM/game
  • Mac - ~/Library/RenPy/0x52-URM/game
  • Linux and other - ~/.renpy/0x52-URM/game
• Improved .URM file load screen
• Fix: Ren'Py 7.5 compatibility

Implementing the keyboard controls was quite tricky. Ren'Py is not really made for this. But I'm very happy with the current implementation and it should feel quite natural.


Thanks for reporting, this is solved in URM 1.10

Question, if there is an URM file pre-existing in the game directory where URM is, will it get it, or do we need to move the file in one of the persistent directories ?
I do a patch for a game, but together with the patch, as a "bonus", I also give my urm file for the game (without URM, that they can get from you), so, I want to be sure the instruction I give are still correct.
Thanks.

 

[0x52]

Question, if there is an URM file pre-existing in the game directory where URM is, will it get it, or do we need to move the file in one of the persistent directories ?
I do a patch for a game, but together with the patch, as a "bonus", I also give my urm file for the game (without URM, that they can get from you), so, I want to be sure the instruction I give are still correct.
Thanks.

URM looks for files in two locations. Both the game folder (like before) and now also the persistent folder.
You can press the question mark button in the save screen to get the exact paths for the URM files.

 

[Darksshades]

I've noticed in a few games where URM shows the "Path detected" notification in the middle of a transition and it hides itself away before you can check it out.

Is this a known problem? Also, if I turn on skip transitions option, then URM does not even detect the path at all.

The script code of one such example in.

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[Tiur]

I've noticed in a few games where URM shows the "Path detected" notification in the middle of a transition and it hides itself away before you can check it out.

Is this a known problem? Also, if I turn on skip transitions option, then URM does not even detect the path at all.

It's not a problem, it's working as expected. There's an if statement in the transition, and URM is telling you that, but the transition continues past that if statement check. Turning on skip transitions does exactly what it says on the tin, and skips the transition during which that if statement is checked.

 

[Smarmint]

Implemented keyboard controls

• Cancel and confirm dialogs with Escape and Enter keys

Nice improvement. Thanks. Your mod is just getting better and better.

Have you considered a hotkey to toggle the show choices window, to save a few clicks?

How about "c" for choices? Or some other key. Press "c" once and get the choices window (same as pressing "m" and then clicking on "show choices" with the mouse. And then press "c" again to close the choices window, same as clicking the "x" with the mouse.

This would save a lot of clicking.

Thanks!

 

[FaceCrap]

Got a suggestion, sometimes a VN has a customized save/load screen where it shows more or less than the default number of slots per page.
It would be nice if you could specify the number of columns/rows as a local setting if the VN in question uses something other than the default.
This probably also means that the image for each slot needs to be scaled up/down to fit the slot. (something that for instance is overlooked in "The Island" )

 

[Daiqvist]

Indeed 0x52 , your mod is getting better and better. Thank you!

A useful thing could be being able to add to the watchlist or to the remember list a variable shown in the "choises detected" dialog (inside the "show code" or "show condition" button).

Another thing I miss (in a perfect world, of course! ) is detecting only changed variables between two scenes.

 

[0x52]

I've noticed in a few games where URM shows the "Path detected" notification in the middle of a transition and it hides itself away before you can check it out.

Is this a known problem? Also, if I turn on skip transitions option, then URM does not even detect the path at all.

The script code of one such example in.

Spoiler: Fetish Location Week 2 extend

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Like Tiur said. This is because a game transitions into a path without a pause. I'm going to look into this, to see if URM could inject a pause before a path is detected.

Nice improvement. Thanks. Your mod is just getting better and better.

Have you considered a hotkey to toggle the show choices window, to save a few clicks?

How about "c" for choices? Or some other key. Press "c" once and get the choices window (same as pressing "m" and then clicking on "show choices" with the mouse. And then press "c" again to close the choices window, same as clicking the "x" with the mouse.

This would save a lot of clicking.

Thanks!

Thanks.
This is on the roadmap as "Hotkeys for showing paths and choices"

Got a suggestion, sometimes a VN has a customized save/load screen where it shows more or less than the default number of slots per page.
It would be nice if you could specify the number of columns/rows as a local setting if the VN in question uses something other than the default.
This probably also means that the image for each slot needs to be scaled up/down to fit the slot. (something that for instance is overlooked in "The Island" )

I'll think about this

Indeed 0x52 , your mod is getting better and better. Thank you!

A useful thing could be being able to add to the watchlist or to the remember list a variable shown in the "choises detected" dialog (inside the "show code" or "show condition" button).

Another thing I miss (in a perfect world, of course! ) is detecting only changed variables between two scenes.

Currently the "show code" and "show condition" shows plain code. Most of the time it's variables, but not always. I'll think about this.

Your second question will be possible once the roadmap option "Snapshot feature; so you can snapshot variables and compare them with each other" gets implemented.

 

[FaceCrap]

something I've wanted to mention but since I don't often use it I kept forgetting.

when using the "Renaming" option, the more items there are in the list the slower that input dialog becomes and typed letters show like a slideshow of 1 character per second.

 

[SoulSenpai]

Red Room gives an error anytime you search for variables or scenes

 

[CheerMaster]

I saw a dude asking about Extra Life two months ago, there's no way to make it work nor there will be any workarounds, right?
Thanks beforehand fellas.

Edit: Nvm, unlikely af, the dev made a "countermeasure" if you "hack" the game. Lame tbh.

 

[theMickey_]

Oh, 1.10 is out -- awesome!

But just to let you know: the new "Update" function (which worked great the last few updates) is giving me an error, no matter what game I've tested it with. It's trying to update "in-game" from 1.9.4b or 1.9.4 to 1.10.

 

[0x52]

something I've wanted to mention but since I don't often use it I kept forgetting.

when using the "Renaming" option, the more items there are in the list the slower that input dialog becomes and typed letters show like a slideshow of 1 character per second.

Do you have an example of a game where this happens?

Red Room gives an error anytime you search for variables or scenes

Are you using URM version 1.10? Because the game uses Ren'Py 7.5 and 7.5 compatibility was fixed in URM 1.10

Oh, 1.10 is out -- awesome!

But just to let you know: the new "Update" function (which worked great the last few updates) is giving me an error, no matter what game I've tested it with. It's trying to update "in-game" from 1.9.4b or 1.9.4 to 1.10.

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I've noticed, but still thanks for letting me know.
Will be fixed in the next release

 

[FaceCrap]

Do you have an example of a game where this happens?

Yep, Savior happens to be the one I actually used the renaming option in... I've attached the file to make it easier to test. Currently has 154 items in the rename list.

 

[theMickey_]

Currently has 154 items in the rename list.

Interesting -- I've never thought of "fixing" typos in games using URM to replace those.

 

[FaceCrap]

Interesting -- I've never thought of "fixing" typos in games using URM to replace those.

It's not something I do normally, it's just that this particular VN has two different main paths (MC can either be a decent guy or a total jerk) with enough content differences to make it interesting to play both sides (or a mix). It's then that those typos and grammar errors start to irritate and I revert to this option if they're bad enough. One could say sending those to the dev(s) but the first (and only) time I made such an offer, it didn't turn out as I had expected so now I just do it for personal use only and only if the vn in question has different enough paths and good enough to also play these...