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[marieschlo13]

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Well hi.

[renpyhelpdesk]

Oh yes, there's actually something else I wanted to ask; how can I change the icon -- the one that you click on to open the whole game? I know by default it should be the icon of the renpy programme, but let's say I wanted to put a new icon... (Sorry if this sounds a little confusing!!)

Hey there! Thanks for phoning in!

I'm not actually at this part in my game design so I had to do some research, this is what I found out.

I assume  you are talking about two things, the symbol for the game itself in both the window(upper left hand corner) when opened and the one for the exe file.(and the resulting shortcut)

So I'm going to give two answers, the first question is simple enough to do, it just involves adding some things to your option.rpy file. The second one is a little more difficult, since it involves converting things into different formats, but we'll get to that in a second.

First things first, you need to open your option.rpy file with your editor. That's the second option in the right most column at the top. Then in the very first section, you need to *add* some things. These customizations don't come automatically with a new project, but you can find them here. 

You are looking for this:

config.window_icon = Noneconfig.windows_icon = None

The first one creates the window icon(in the upper left corner of the game window) for Linux and Mac, and the second one is for the Windows icon. They have different requirements though both should be in .PNG format. The one for Linux/Mac should be a large image so 48x48+ and the one for Windows should be 32x32 exactly. They can not be in .jpeg/.jpg format, that won't work. Lots of photo editors have .jpeg and .png format, it's really common, so it should be easy to make and save an icon in that format.

To implement it all you have to do is copy:

config.windows_icon = "myicon.png"config.window_icon = "myiconmac.png"

Just replace the stuff in the quotes with your real icon image(two versions for each platform type) and you're golden.

But you also asked me about how to change the .exe icon, and that's going to require some work. First things first, you need an image you want to turn into an icon. I'll assume you already have one or can get one, so let's move to the harder part. You can move to a Resource Editor to make the icons, but a lot of those aren't freeware. I'll assume you want something free and easy, so let's go over your second option.

Your other option is to take the image you have created and upload or drag and drop it at iconverticons here. Use the free online version to create a 256x256 sized image, which is what you're going to need for your desktop shortcut. The website creates .icon .icns and .png formats, SO all you have to do is upload the picture you want to use for either the window or the .exe icon and you can get it here. You can download the .png format pictures you need for the first set, AND you can download the .icon and .icns formats they create.

Then go into renpy and click the base directory for your project. That's on the left hand top column second one from the top. Copy the .icon and .icns files into the base directory, and when you build your distributions the current version of Ren'Py will create the icons for you. No other futzing required.

I hope that answers all your questions, and if anything is unclear, ring me back.

Thanks you've been a wonderful audience, and remember. If your code won't compile, and you don't know why? Who ya gonna call? The Ren'Py Help Desk!