How to Change Sprites Based on Chosen Gender (Solved)

[Lucy1212]

I want to let the character choose their gender. This would also change the sprite. Originally I thought I would do something like...

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if gender ==0
   image mc = "mc_girl"

if gender ==1
   image mc = "mc_guy"

But that always gives me a guy sprite, regardless of the gender I choose. Help?

[SundownKid]

Try something like:

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image side maincharacter:
    ConditionSwitch(
        "mc_gender == 1", ImageReference ("male_mc"),
        "mc_gender == 2", ImageReference ("female_mc"),
        )

With "male_mc" being the male image and "female_mc" being the female image.

[Lucy1212]

Okay, now it says I'm missing the image. Here is the code.

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image side mc:
    ConditionSwitch (
        "gender ==0", ImageReference ("mc_guy.png"),
        "gender ==1", ImageReference ("mc_girl.png"),
        )

It's pretty much the same as yours, right?

[mjshi]

Just a small error with your original code (that code could still probably work ^.^ although conditionswitch is usually used):

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if gender ==0
   image mc = "mc_girl"

if gender ==1
   image mc = "mc_guy"

I recommend you to change the second "if" to "elif", which means "else, if the above is not true, then":

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if gender ==0
   image mc = "mc_girl"

elif gender ==1
   image mc = "mc_guy"

[Lucy1212]

Now when I try you're code, it always gives me a guy again.

[OokamiKasumi]

In my game Trap! I set up gender choice and naming this way:

in script.rpy

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init:
    $ e = DynamicCharacter("pc_name", 
        color="#ffffcc",
        outlines = [(1, "#333300", 0, 0)],
        drop_shadow = (2, 2,),
        what_prefix="\"",
        what_suffix="\"",
        show_two_window = True,)

label start:
    $ gender = "Male" 
    # One of the genders needs to be preset or the game will throw an error on restart. 
    # It doesn't matter which you set because it will change with the player's selection. 

#################################################
    scene bg_02
    show gal at right
    show guy at left 
    with fade
    
    menu:
        "Would you like a Male Lead character?":
            $ gender = 'male'
            hide gal with dissolve
            show guy at center with move

        "Or a Female Lead character?":
            $ gender = 'female'
            hide guy with dissolve
            show gal at center with move
            
label name:
    #This is where the player chooses a name for their character -- with instructions. 
    $ pc_name = renpy.input("What would you like to name your character? \n{i}{color=#cccc99} -- Backspace to erase the current name. When you're done, hit Enter.{/color}{/i}\n", "Chris", length=15)
    $ pc_name = pc_name.strip()

    scene black with fade    

Then in a whole new tab I called xLiveComposite.rpy I set up the image coding for each gender's expressions with a ConditionSwitch. :

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init-1:
    image pc = "ch/male/mConR.png" 
    #This is yet another preset to keep from getting an error. 

# ----------------------------------------------------
    image pc neuR = ConditionSwitch(
        "gender == 'female' ", Image ("ch/fem/fNeuR.png"),
        "gender == 'male' ", Image ("ch/male/mNeuR.png"),
        "True", Image ("ch/male/mNeuR.png"),
        )

    image pc neuL = ConditionSwitch(
        "gender == 'female' ", Image ("ch/fem/fNeuL.png"),
        "gender == 'male' ", Image ("ch/male/mNeuL.png"),
        "True", Image ("ch/male/mNeuL.png"),
        )

Each gender has three expressions in Left and Right, so six expressions total. This is Neutral Left and Right.

It looks like this:

[Lucy1212]

It's finally working! Thanks so much!