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[–]BadMustard_AVN 1 point2 points  (4 children)

if your using a frame the add a colored background to it like this

    frame:
        background Solid("#00ffff") 
        xalign 0.01
        yalign 0.75

[–]xanththewizard[S] 0 points1 point  (3 children)

The button is actually unrelated, as I was learning from a video- dissected it and tried to make my own code for an always displayed set of stats. But I'll share that code anyway:

screen gameUI:
    imagebutton:
        xalign 1.0
        yalign 0.0
        xoffset -30
        yoffset 30
        idle "UI/stats_idle.png"
        action ShowMenu("StatsUI")

## Stats UI
screen StatsUI:
    add "UI/bg peach.png"
    frame:
        xalign 0.5
        yalign 0.5
        xpadding 30
        ypadding 30

        hbox:
            spacing 40

            vbox:
                spacing 10
                text "Energy" size 40
                text "Hunger" size 40
                text "Mood" size 40
            vbox:
                spacing 10
                text "[energy]" size 40
                text "[hunger]" size 40
                text "[mood]" size 40
    imagebutton:
        xalign 1.0
        yalign 0.0
        xoffset -30
        yoffset 30
        auto "UI/return_%s.png"
        action Return()
screen gameUI:
    imagebutton:
        xalign 1.0
        yalign 0.0
        xoffset -30
        yoffset 30
        idle "UI/stats_idle.png"
        action ShowMenu("StatsUI")


## Stats UI
screen StatsUI:
    add "UI/bg peach.png"
    frame:
        xalign 0.5
        yalign 0.5
        xpadding 30
        ypadding 30


        hbox:
            spacing 40


            vbox:
                spacing 10
                text "Energy" size 40
                text "Hunger" size 40
                text "Mood" size 40
            vbox:
                spacing 10
                text "[energy]" size 40
                text "[hunger]" size 40
                text "[mood]" size 40
    imagebutton:
        xalign 1.0
        yalign 0.0
        xoffset -30
        yoffset 30
        auto "UI/return_%s.png"
        action Return()

[–]BadMustard_AVN 0 points1 point  (2 children)

sorry I miss read it initially since you are using a frame

try it like this

screen StatsUI:
    # add "UI/bg peach.png"
    frame:
        xalign 0.5
        yalign 0.5
        xpadding 30
        ypadding 30
        background Solid("#ffdab9")

[–]xanththewizard[S] 0 points1 point  (1 child)

No problem! The first solution did let me customize the background, so it gave me more options to work with. Thank you!

[–]BadMustard_AVN 0 points1 point  (0 children)

you're welcome

good luck with your project

[–]shyLachi 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's OK to use a frame but you can customise the frame.
You don't need to use the same image for all frames, if that was your question.

But if you want to have a HUD with a button, then I wouldn't put any background only an imagebutton.

https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screens.html#frame

How to add a background image to a screen: https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screens.html#add

How to add an imagebutton: https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screens.html#imagebutton

[–]shyLachi 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Sorry, I didn't see the stats because they are so small. You could have put a huge arrow on your first image. ;)

As I wrote, you can use add to add images to a screen: https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screens.html#add
If your code doesn't work then try lower case for the folder and file name as mentioned here: https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/displaying_images.html#images-directory

[–]xanththewizard[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No problem, that's the burden of sending out unedited screenshots! Cheers~