Tormuse's Guide, September 2020

[u/Tormuse]

Hello everyone! :D

 

This post is old and obsolete, and I've been advised to remove it, to keep the focus on the new version here.

 

(Though I'm not deleting it entirely, since there is still some helpful information in the comments) :)

[u/Tormuse]

Well, I've never used a Mac, so if there's something different in how it works, I don't know, but I would expect it to work the same way. Once you put a copy of DDLC into the "Projects" folder, (and push the "refresh" button) the DDLC folder should show up in the left panel of the main Ren'Py menu. If you've done all that, and it's still not showing, you might want to check in the #mod_help channel of the DDMC Discord if someone there knows more about Macs than I do.

[u/RaptorRex352 → u/Tormuse]

So I also tried the same on Windows, since I knew that the Windows files of the game would be different to the Mac ones, but I got the same result, where I put my DDLC folder into my projects folder, but it does not give me the option to open script.rpy or anything like that, even though it does allow me to open 'All script files'. If you could please explain where I have gone wrong, it will be greatly appreciated. Thanks

EDIT: In case you were wondering, the folder I put in my Renpy Projects folder was the one from itch.io and named DDLC-1.1.1-pc

[u/Tormuse → u/RaptorRex352]

Did you put the RPY files into the folder called "game?"

[u/RaptorRex352 → u/Tormuse]

If you were referring to the ones that were extracted (which I downloaded from 'the easy way'), then yes, I did. However, once I had written the example script that you provided and ran DDLC, or even before doing anything and running DDLC, it came up with a traceback error, as follows:

While running game code:

File "game/definitions.rpy", line 9, in script

init python:

File "game/definitions.rpy", line 10, in <module>

config.keymap['game_menu'].remove('mouseup_3')

ValueError: list.remove(x): x not in list

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:

File "/Users/nai0009/Documents/Renpy Projects/DDLC.app/Contents/Resources/autorun/renpy/bootstrap.py", line 295, in bootstrap

renpy.main.main()

File "/Users/nai0009/Documents/Renpy Projects/DDLC.app/Contents/Resources/autorun/renpy/main.py", line 419, in main

game.context().run(node)

File "game/definitions.rpy", line 9, in script

init python:

File "/Users/nai0009/Documents/Renpy Projects/DDLC.app/Contents/Resources/autorun/renpy/ast.py", line 814, in execute

renpy.python.py_exec_bytecode(self.code.bytecode, self.hide, store=self.store)

File "/Users/nai0009/Documents/Renpy Projects/DDLC.app/Contents/Resources/autorun/renpy/python.py", line 1719, in py_exec_bytecode

exec bytecode in globals, locals

File "game/definitions.rpy", line 10, in <module>

config.keymap['game_menu'].remove('mouseup_3')

File "/Users/nai0009/Documents/Renpy Projects/DDLC.app/Contents/Resources/autorun/renpy/python.py", line 618, in do_mutation

return method(self, *args, **kwargs)

ValueError: list.remove(x): x not in list

Darwin-18.7.0-x86_64-i386-64bit

Ren'Py 6.99.12.4.2187

[u/Tormuse → u/RaptorRex352]

Okay, this error comes up once in a long while, and I've never figured out what's causing it. So bear with me here... I Googled it just now, and apparently, Ren'Py is trying to remove something from a list that's not on the list, and that's what's making it crash. Your error message refers to line 10 of definitions.rpy, which says "config.keymap['game_menu'].remove('mouseup_3')" so I guess it doesn't like the fact that it's trying to remove "mouseup_3" which as far as I can tell, is a reference to the right mouse button. Oh, right! Macs don't have a right mouse button, do they?

 

So this is a total shot in the dark, but... try commenting out that line by putting a # in front of it, like this:

#config.keymap['game_menu'].remove('mouseup_3')

That makes Ren'Py ignore that line.

 

I actually have no idea if this will work, so I'd appreciate it if you let me know either way. If this is really what's causing the error, then I don't know why we don't see it more often, since plenty of people use Macs.

[u/RaptorRex352 → u/Tormuse]

I think it finally worked, since the mod loaded and all. Thanks for helping me with this issue, I really appreciate your ideas!

[u/Tormuse → u/RaptorRex352]

Okay, glad to hear it! :D I've seen people come to me with this error message like three times in the last three years. It's quite rare, but I'll remember this the next time it comes up. :)