very concise video. good job

Haven't used RenPy in like... a year, but this seems cool

It's ridiculous that KZbin isn't pushing this video to more viewers. This is one of the best Ren'py tutorials for doing this. It is easy to follow, clear and succinct. Thanks for sharing!

hi, sorry but im new to renpy and coding in general, wgat if a wanted to play only a sound for every cps in the game? i don't want different sounds for every characters, i want a general sound for the entire game to play when a first letter is shown and to finish when the last letter of the dialogue is shown, can you help me? great video btw

This, as all the one's I've seen from you here, are some of the best tutorials I've seen on youtube, because of the way you explain every line and the various tricky commands. Thank you for sharing.

Thankyou so much

Hi there, this is super cool! Thanks for showing me this. Know that you can enter the label names directly in the program and export it as "label/track" and all the voice lines will be already uploaded with the id.

how about just checking forr any file name that is not supposed to be in your game lol

This is sooo helpful! I've been trying to figure out how to do exactly this. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Hey, i was wondering if you could make a pastebin on the code you created in this video or a link to the renpy that you created so i get get a basis on how it works, id appreciate it :)

CORRECTION: Our code should be held in a "python early" block. Even though RenPy won't throw an error, I should note that "init python early" is not a valid block.

Fun fact: This does not solve the problem as the rpa can be extracted before launch on a legitimate copy, run normally with unrpyc, then have the code modified to remove those lines and run normally without owning it

A great introduction to a big problem. Thanks!

I understand wanting to protect your work, but I really think you should look into some other methods and not recommend this to people -- especially having the game delete itself. All it would take is some Steam-side bug, some lack of connection, some future change or breaking of the API and your game is not just unplayable but possibly *non-recoverable* for someone who bought it. I'd feel uncomfortable even relying on achievement.steam in any real way (outside of achievements) in case the player is simply in offline mode, and there is some desync between states involved. That shouldn't be the case, but I wouldn't rely on it. And I could be wrong, but I'd think a copied game would be run from the .exe, therefore might not initialize Steam (what if the pirate doesn't have Steam at all?), therefore the 'achievement.steam != None' line will fail and the game will run fine. If not, a savvy pirate/modder would just de-archive the game with something like UnRen and remove this code anyway (or spoof Steam integration, if necessary). In that way, the only people who could feasibly be hurt by this are those who DIDN'T copy the game and don't intend to copy/share it. I think a screen that freezes the game and tells the player "hey, the game thinks something weird is going on; make sure you've started the game through Steam in Online Mode or send feedback to the developer through Steam Support" would be appropriate, if not still a bit heavy-handed; if you really want more than that, unfortunately I think the easily-reversible engines like Ren'Py and RPGMaker just aren't the way to go. At any rate, the only way I'd go so far as (attempting to) delete the game files is with evidence akin to a signed confession of "yeah I pirated this game intentionally" -- anything less than that is just going to hurt innocent players and lead to a lot of confusing support requests.

Absolutely BLESS YOU for this tutorial. I'm in the middle of debugging this year's Spooktober entry, it's my first time adding VA to a game, and you've saved me an enormous headache.

CORRECTION: The label for your splash screen must be called "splashscreen" ---- OTHER THINGS TO NOTE: os.path.join(renpy.config.basedir, 'game', 'archive.rpa') is the path to the RPA file. renpy.config.basedir brings you to the base directory of your RenPy game, as the name implies. In general, the complete path should look something like this: C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\YOUR_GAME_NAME\game\archive.rpa This assumes that you named your RPA file "archive", and that there is only one RPA file in your game.

That was super helpful and clear to understand. Thank you for sharing this process!

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This is a phenomenal video. Thank you.

this is super helpful, thank you a ton for sharing this man!

Let's say I'd like the Goombas to have a different voice set than Mario does. How could it be implemented in the code?