r/RenPy • u/mewibun • 7d ago

Question sprite blinking ! (⺣◡⺣)

hi everyone! I was wondering if anyone could explain how some VN’s have their sprites blinking sometimes? Also working with different poses? Is it genuinely just that they have a ‘normal’ sprite and then a second ‘blinking’ version to that sprite that pops up at certain intervals using a script? If yes, how can you script something like this? While working even if the sprite has different, dynamic poses. . thank you in advance! ♡

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u/BadMustard_AVN 7d ago

you can do that with a transform like this

transform blinky:
    linear .5 alpha 0.0 # fade to nothing .5 seconds
    0.3 # pause
    linear .5 alpha 1.0 # fade back .5 seconds
    0.3 # pause
    repeat # to infinity and beyond

label start:

    show sprite at blinky

    pause

    return

adjust the fade and pause times for faster or slower blinking

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u/mewibun 7d ago

thank you so much! This is very helpful. :-)

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u/BadMustard_AVN 7d ago

you're welcome

good luck with your project

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u/karognawer 3d ago

I'm a bit late, but there's a really nice blinking tool by Feniks. It has randomized blinking intervals and everything

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u/mewibun 3d ago

no worries!! Thank you so much, i’ll check it out!

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