This is a list of changes that may require intervention in the form of changes to scripts or your development environment. Our intent is that all other changes should not affect existing scripts.
Note that setting config.script_version will cause many of
these changes to be reverted, at the cost of losing access to recent
features.
Incompatible changes to the GUI are documented at Incompatible GUI Changes, as such changes only take effect when the GUI is regenerated.
A modal screen now blocks the pause statement and renpy.pause`()
function from timing out. This was the indended behavior, but didn't work
in some cases. This change can be reverted with:
define config.modal_blocks_pause = False
The default games no longer filter Ruby/Furigana text tags from the history.
This requires the line in screens.rpy that sets gui.history_allow_tags
to be changed to:
define gui.history_allow_tags = { "alt", "noalt", "rt", "rb", "art" }
This change is only required if your game uses Ruby/Furigana text tags.
The "Windows, Mac, and Linux for Markets" distribution has been changed to no longer prefix the contents of the zip file created with the directory name and version number. If you'd like to retain the old behavior, add to your game:
init python:
build.package("market", "zip", "windows linux mac renpy all", "Windows, Mac, Linux for Markets")
For the noalt text tag to work with history, you'll need to edit
screens.rpy to make sure that gui.history_allow_tags contains
"noalt". The defaultfor this variable is:
define gui.history_allow_tags = { "alt", "noalt" }
(This change was necessary in 7.4, but only documented now.)
The behavior of Ren'Py changed sometime in the 7.4 series, such that
rollback through a load behaved correctly, and reverted the changes
performed in the after_load label, and by config.after_load_callbacks.
(The previous behavior was undefined, with some changes reverted and some not,
leaving the game in an inconsistent state.) If your game has to migrate
data after a load, it's now recommended to call renpy.block_rollback()
to prevent the changes from being rolled back.
The config.narrator_menu variable now defaults to True. It's been
set to true in the default screens.rpy for some time. In the unlikely event
it was false in your game, restore the old behavior with:
define config.narrator_menu = False
The sound and voice channels are now stopped when ending the main menu. To revert to the prior behavior (only the movie channel was stopped), add to your game:
define config.main_menu_stop_channels = [ "movie" ]
Screens called by call screen no longer support roll forward by default.
See the changelog for the problems it can
cause. Roll forward can be enabled on a per screen basis with the roll_forward property,
or for all screens with:
define config.call_screen_roll_forward = True
Key and timer statements no longer take up space inside a vbox or hbox, and the showif statement does not take up space when its child is hidden. To revert this change:
define config.box_skip = False
The focus_mask style property now defaults to None for drag displayables.
This improves performance, but means that the displayable can be dragged by
transparent pixels. To revert this, the focus_mask property can be set to True
for individual drags, or globally with:
style drag:
focus_mask True
Both options reduce performance.
The outline_scaling style property now defaults to "linear". This means
the window scaling factor is applied to the outline size, and then rounded to an
integer. This can cause multiple outlines of similar sizes to disappear. To revert
this, the outline_scaling property can be set to "step" for individual text elements,
or globally with:
style default:
outline_scaling "step"
The crop_relative transform property now defaults to True instead of False.
Absolute numbers of pixels to set the cropping should be expressed with ints or
absolute numbers. To revert to the former default behavior, which casts floats to
an absolute number of pixels, use:
define config.crop_relative_default = False
However, be warned that like most things documented only on this page, this will
conflict with - and cannot be used at the same time as - some other new features.
This setting applies to crop, and also now to corner1 and
corner2.
The platform-specific directories inside lib/ have had name changes. The
lib/windows-x86_64 directory is now lib/py2-windows-x86_64. This
change helps support the development of the Python 3 powered Ren'Py 8.
These directories are not documented, and may change between Ren'Py
versions, but we do guarantee that sys.executable is set.
Vpgrids cannot be overfull anymore, and can only be underfull if the
allow_underfull property is passed, or if config.allow_underfull_grids is
set to True.
The way layered images place their children, and how children
with variable size are sized, has changed. Instead of taking into account the available
area in the context the layeredimage is displayed, it now presumes the size of the
screen is available, unless an explicit size has been given with xsize,
ysize or xysize. To revert to the old behavior, where a layeredimage
can display differently in different contexts, you can use:
define config.layeredimage_offer_screen = False
Or you can also toggle it for specific layeredimages by passing them the
offer_screen property.
The function statement in ATL will only block catch-up in cases where it
executes more than once. To revert to the old behavior, where ATL would block
at a function, use:
define config.atl_function_always_blocks = True
Ren'Py will now run a button's unhovered property even when focus is changed by default, such as when a screen is shown or unshown. To revert to the old behavior, use:
define config.always_unfocus = False
Ren'Py will now interpret floating point numbers given to a Transform's
xsize or ysize properties as a size relative to the area
available to the Transform. To revert this change:
define config.relative_transform_size = False
The order in which Ren'Py's self-voicing reads out layers, screens, and displayables in screens has changed so that screens and displayables closest to the player are read first. To revert to the old order:
define config.tts_front_to_back = False
When xminimum and xmaximum are both floats, the
minimum is interpreted as being a fraction of the available area. This
means that xsize will have the expected result when being
given a float. This may cause some displayables to change size. To revert
this change:
define config.adjust_minimums = False
An ATL displayable will now start its animation when it first appears, rather than when the screen itself is shown. To revert this change:
define config.atl_start_on_show = False
Input carets now blink by default. To change this:
define config.input_caret_blink = False
The change regarding the layer at list in 7.4.5 was reverted. The new camera
statement defaults to the new semantics, while leaving show layer alone.
Games produced with this version use the model-based renderer by default. To disable the model-based renderer, use:
define config.gl2 = False
Reverted in 7.4.6
The scene statement no longer clears the layer at list. To clear the
layer at list, use:
show layer master
Where "master" is the name of the layer. Alternatively, the old behavior can be restored with:
define config.scene_clears_layer_at_list = True
It is now possible to click to dismiss transitions introduced with
renpy.transition(), and places that use it like the with clause
of say or call screen statement. To prevent this, use:
define config.dismiss_blocking_transitions = False
Pause with a delay now uses renpy.pause() rather than with Pause(...).
This means that the user will have to click to bypass multiple pauses in a row.
To revert to the old behavior, use:
define config.pause_with_transition = True
Mobile platforms now use hardware, rather than software, video playback. To restore the old behavior, use:
define config.hw_video = True
Ren'Py will now only show side images if with at least one attribute in addition to the image tag. To disable this, use:
define config.side_image_requires_attributes = False
While setting config variables, like config.mouse, outside of the init
phase was never supported, it will not work in 7.4. Consider using the
default_mouse variable to set a custom mouse cursor, instead.
Callbacks registered with config.start_callbacks are now run
after default statements in all cases. To restore the old behavior
(where callbacks were run before default statements during game
but not replay start), use:
define config.early_start_store = True
When given to a viewport or vpgrid with scrollbars, the minimum, xminimum, and yminimum side properties now apply to the side containing the scrollbars and viewport, and not solely the viewport.
To work around this, either use viewport_minimum, viewport_xminimum,
and viewport_yminimum, or include:
define config.compat_viewport_minimum = True
Screen language now produces the error "a non-constant keyword argument ... is not allowed after a python block." when it encounters screens similar to the following:
screen test():
default a = 0
button:
$ a = 1
action Return(a)
text "Test"
This is because the property action is run before the python assignment, meaning this was returning 0 when clicked, not 1. To disable this check, add
define config.keyword_after_python = True
to a file named 01compat.rpy in your game's game directory. However, your game will have the old behavior.
The order in which children of the side layout are drawn is now
taken from the control string. To revert to the old fixed order, use:
define config.keep_side_render_order = False
The interface of config.say_attribute_transition_callback has
been changed in an incompatible way, to allow sets of old and new tags
to be given. To revert to the old interface, use:
define config.say_attribute_transition_callback_attrs = False
It's mode parameter has also been slightly changed, and will now return
a value of both when both a permanent and temporary
attribute transition is occuring.
config.say_attribute_transition_callback has been changed to
accept a new argument, the image being displayed.
Ren'Py's window auto function will now determine if dialogue or a caption is associated with a menu statement, and will attempt to hide or show the dialogue window as appropriate. A "Force Recompile" is necessary to include the information that enables this feature. While it should work with older games, this can be disabled and the old behavior restored with:
define config.menu_showed_window = True
define config.window_auto_show = [ "say" ]
define config.window_auto_hide = [ "scene", "call screen" ]
While not technically an incompatible change, there is a recommend change to the history screen. Please see the changelog entry for details of how to update your game.
When an image is not being show, say-with-attributes now resolves a side image, rather than just using the attributes given. To disable this, add:
define config.say_attributes_use_side_image = False
Ren'Py now defines automatic images at init 0, rather than at a very late init level. To revert to the prior behavior, add to your game:
init -1:
define config.late_images_scan = True
The Dissolve(), ImageDissolve(), and AlphaDissolve()
transitions now default to using the alpha channel of the source
displayables, as if alpha=True was given. To revert this change, add:
define config.dissolve_force_alpha = False
Showing a movie sprite that is already showing will now replay the movie. To revert to the previous behavior:
define config.replay_movie_sprites = False
The size of a hyperlink is now inherited from the size of the enclosing text. To disable this, add:
define config.hyperlink_inherit_size = False
The {nw} text tag now waits until voice and self-voicing are finished before it continues. To disable this behavior, add:
define config.nw_voice = False
ATL Transforms now show at least one frame whenever a pause or interpolation occurs. When a game doesn't expect this, it can show up as a series of rapidly displayed single frames. This can be disabled with:
define config.atl_one_frame = False
The show layer at statement now persists the state of a transform like any other ATL transform. This can lead to a behavior change in which, for example, an offset persists between multiple show layer at statements. To disable this, write:
define config.keep_show_layer_state = False
While not an incompatible change, renpy.list_files() has been
changed to sort its output in a standard order. The causes Ren'Py
to commit to behavior that had been ambiguous. For example, when
multiple files in the images directory had the same name, Ren'Py
would pick one at random. (The file picked could change from
system to system.) Now, the same file is chosen wherever Ren'Py
is run.
Ren'Py will no longer search for system-installed fonts when in developer mode. If you game was using a system installed font, the font file should be copied into the game/ directory. (But please make sure that this is compatible with the font file's license.)
The order of execution of style and translate statements has
changed, as documented in the changelog. To
revent this change, add the code:
define config.new_translate_order = False
Note that reverting this change may prevent the new GUI from working.
The config.quit_action variable has changed its default to one
that causes the quit prompt to be displayed of the in-game context. To
revert to the old behavior, add the code:
define config.quit_action = ui.gamemenus("_quit_prompt")
Ren'Py now enforces maximum sizes given to buttons and windows. To disable this behavior, add the code:
define config.enforce_window_max_size = False
Ren'Py now plays interface sounds on a channel named "audio", that
supports multiple sound playback at once. This channel might not have
the same settings as a customized sound channel. The audio channel
settings can be changed by adjusting config.auto_channels,
or the sound channel can be used by adding the code:
define config.play_channel = "sound"
Ren'Py will now scan the an image directory (the directory named images underneath the game directory) for images, and define them based on their filename. To disable this behavior, use the code:
init python:
config.image_directory = None
The show screen and call screen statements may now evaluate their
arguments as part of the screen prediction process. If evaluating the
arguments to a screen causes side effects to occur, the show screen
or call screen statements should be given the new nopredict
clause, which prevents prediction.
Screens now participate in transitions – transitions now go from the old
state of the screen to the new state. To disable this, set
config.transition_screens to false.
Ren'Py no longer uses structural equality to transfer state (for example,
the state of a transform) when a screen replaces a screen with the same
tag. Instead, the use statement now supports an id
property, which can be used to explicitly transfer state.
The meaning of the loop parameter to MusicRoom() has changed. To
get the old behavior, set both loop and single_track to true.
Ren'Py now expects auto-forward mode to be controlled by the "auto-forward" Preference().
To have it controlled by the auto-forward mode slider, set config.default_afm_enable to
None.
Previously, Ren'Py moved archived files into the archived/ directory. It would search this directory automatically when running a game or building archives. One-click builds make this unnecessary, and files in archived/ should be moved back into the game directory.
MoveTransition() has changed its interface. The old version of
MoveTransition can be accessed as OldMoveTransition, if you don't want
to rewrite your code. (The changes only matter if you use factories with
MoveTransition.)
Transform() has changed its behavior with regards to
asymmetrically scaled and rotated images. It's unlikely the old
behavior was ever used.
Old-style string interpolation has been re-enabled by default. If you wrote code (between 6.13 and 6.13.7) that uses % in say or menu statements, you should either write %% instead, or include the code:
init python:
config.old_substitutions = False
The changes to text behavior can affect games in development in many ways. The biggest change is the introduction of new-style (square-bracket) text substitutions, and the elimination of old-style (percent-based) substitutions. These changes can be reverted with the code:
init python:
config.old_substitutions = True
config.new_substitutions = False
New- and old-style substitutions can coexist in the same game, by setting both variables to True.
Ren'Py has also changed the default line-wrapping behavior. While the new behavior should never increase the number of lines in a paragraph, it may change which words fall on each line. To restore the old behavior, add the code:
init python:
style.default.layout = "greedy"
style.default.language = "western"
A bug with negative line_spacing was fixed. This fix can cause blocks of text to shrink in height. To revert to the old behavior, use:
init python:
config.broken_line_spacing = True
Finally, the new text code may lead to artifacts when displaying slow
text, especially in conjunction with a negative line spacing. Consider
adjusting line_overlap_split to fix this.
Image names have changed from being static names to being
attribute-based. This can lead to image names that were previously
distinct becoming ambiguous. To disable attribute-based image names,
set config.image_attributes to False.
Showing an image without providing a transform or ATL block will now
continue the previous transform that the image was using. This means
that a moving image may continue moving once it has changed. To revert
to the old behavior, set config.keep_running_transform to False.
The image argument to Character() has changed meaning. While
the old meaning was unsupported in the screens-based environment, it
can be restored for compatibility purposes by setting
config.new_character_image_argument to False.
The definition of the items parameter of the Choice and
nvl_choice screens has changed. The nvl_choice screen is
deprecated in favor of the NVL screen.
Screens may be invoked at any time, in order to allow for image prediction, unless they have a predict property of False. When the predict property is not False, screens should not cause side effects to occur upon their initial display.
For performance reason, Ren'Py now ignores the position properties of
ImageReferences. This means that the position properties of
style.image_placement are now ignored. To revert to the old behavior,
set config.imagereference_respects_position to True.
MoveTransition has been modified to respect the xoffset and yoffset parameters of the displayables it is moving. The factory functions that are used for movement now take xoffset and yoffset parameters. While the built-in movement factories take these parameters without problem, user-defined factories may need to be upgraded to use or ignore these additional parameters.
The transform specified by the config.default_transform
variable is used to initialize the transform properties of images
shown using the show and hide statements. The default value of this
transform sets xpos and xanchor to 0.5, and
ypos and yanchor to 1.0.
This represents a change in the default value of these style properties, which were previously uninitialized and hence defaulted to 0.
By including the reset transform in ATL transforms, these
properties can be reset back to 0. Alternatively, one can stop using
the default transform, and revert to the old behavior, using the
code:
init python:
style.image_placement.xpos = 0.5
style.image_placement.ypos = 1.0
style.image_placement.xanchor = 0.5
style.image_placement.yanchor = 1.0
config.default_transform = None
If a transform does not define one of the position properties
xpos, ypos, xanchor, or
yanchor, that property will be taken from the transform's
child, if the defines that property.
This makes it possible to have one transform control a displayable's
vertical motion, and the other control the horizontal. But this is
incompatible with previous behavior, and so can be disabled with the
config.transform_uses_child_position variable.
init python:
config.transform_uses_child_position = False
The default positions (left, right, center, truecenter, offscreenleft, and offscreenright) are now defined as ATL transforms. This means that showing an image at such a position will cause the position to be remembered. If you do not want this behavior, you need to redefine these positions, by adding the code:
define left = Position(xalign=0.0)
define center = Position(xalign=0.5)
define truecenter = Position(xalign=0.5, yalign=0.5)
define right = Position(xalign=1.0)
define offscreenleft = Position(xpos=0.0, xanchor=1.0)
define offscreenright = Position(xpos=1.0, xanchor=0.0)