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Thanks for your kind words!
Can you share the code you're using to declare the AlphaMask? I ran a quick test with the following code:
image radial_mask = GradientDisplayable(["#fff", "#0000"], xysize=(800, 800), kind='radial')
image feniks_masked = AlphaMask("feniks", "radial_mask")
default who = "feniks"
image test_masked = AlphaMask("[who]", "radial_mask")
which I was able to get working in 8.1, so with luck it'll just be a declaration issue :)
Yes! I should've mentioned it's on a screen, so I'm not sure if that changes things, but here's the current code:
define replaydate = ["aisaflower", "drukcafe",
"drukflower", "drukmarket", "etzacafe", "etzaflower",
"etzamarket","etzariver", "fenircafe", "fenirflower",
"fenirmarket", "fenirriver", "kayncafe", "kaynflower",
"kaynmarket", "kaynriver", "kunaflower"]
default replayCurrent = 0
screen scenegallery():
tag menu
add "menu/extramemories.jpg"
$ currentreplayDate = replaydate[replayCurrent]
add AlphaMask("menu/memories_[currentreplayDate].png", GradientDisplayable(
["#FFF", "#0000"], kind="linear",
thresholds=[0.1, 1.0], center=(0.25,0.5), angle=0)):
xalign 0.85 yalign 0.5 zoom 0.5
at bw
Basically, I want the image to update as it goes through the list of dates, so $ currentreplayDate helps me get the location on the list and show an image based on the date in focus. When I take out the variable and just put the image name, it works perfectly, but as soon as I want it to update based on the list variable, it doesn't work q.q
Ah it's because the variable you're substituting doesn't exist all the time! You can use `format` or fstrings to fix this, for example:
add AlphaMask("menu/memories_{}.png".format(replaydate[replayCurrent]),
The problem is that your `$ currentreplayDate = replaydate[replayCurrent]` line only runs when the screen is up, so most of the time that variable doesn't exist and Ren'Py doesn't know what to search for in the dynamic image. Using fstrings or format substitutes the variable right in the path instead, so it isn't trying to search for an incomplete image path.
AHHHHH yes that worked!!!! I had no idea the format/fstrings were a thing. Thank you so much!!!! YOURE A LIFESAVER <3
Hey, first of all, I wanted to say I absolutely LOVE this tool! It was a huge help for Artificial Fashionista (along with your amazing outline shader)!
I wanted to test if I could get a web build to work, and ran into the following error in the main menu:
This happens as soon as I hover over buttons that make use of gradients. Regular textbuttons work fine in the web build, so maybe this is something worth looking into?
Later on, it also throws the following error which could be related to the outline shader, but I'm really not sure:
This is absolutely non-urgent on my end, and I know Ren'Py Web is currently still in Beta — just thought it might be helpful to report this.
Thanks again for your awesome work!
Thank you for the report! I can't say for sure what the issue is, though my understanding is that the web builds use a different version of Python and potentially a slightly different renderer. I did quite a lot of fiddling to get the shaders to work with both ANGLE2 and GL2, and it wouldn't really surprise me that if a slightly different renderer is used for web that it has its own idiosyncrasies. I will put it down on my list when I have a chance to look at it!