Help aligning text box?

[Mithrilda]

I'm trying to put these textboxes into my game and I'm a little confused. I have separate ones for the characters and the narrator, but they're not lining up. How do I realign the text box for the narrator? I think I read somewhere that it automatically takes the settings from the other text box? Sorry, I just couldn't find anything about this in the forums. I'm using this for the narrator:

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define narrator = Character(' ', window_background="text box no name.png")

Whenever I use this,

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define narrator = Character(' ', window_background=("text box no name.png", 28, 10))

it just goes back to the old text box.

[gas]

Try with the window_ style definition at character declaration.

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define e = Character("MazinKaiser",window_xalign=0.5) # an x-aligned dialogue window

All other style properties are inherited.
I'm right?

[OokamiKasumi]

You can code two separate textboxes, or multiple textboxes. The trick is to first set up the Narrator's textbox --the one that isn't assigned to a specific character-- with its margins and padding codes in options.rpy, then Add the extra margins and padding needed for your characters' textboxes inside the individual Character's definitions.

The key to remember is that the padding & margins numbers within the character definitions will ADD to, or SUBTRACT from, the codes you set in options.rpy.

Example:

In script.rpy

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define gi = Character('Giselle',
    color="6699cc",
    show_who_window_style="say_who_windowPNK",
    
    window_left_margin = 6,
    window_right_margin = 6,
    window_top_margin = 6,
    window_bottom_margin = 6,
    
    window_left_padding = 6,
    window_right_padding = 6,
    window_top_padding = 6,
    window_bottom_padding = 6,

    show_two_window = True,
    ctc="ctc_blink",)

define a = Character('Arthur',
    color="9966cc",
    show_who_window_style="say_who_windowBLU",
    
    window_left_margin = 6,
    window_right_margin = 6,
    window_top_margin = 6,
    window_bottom_margin = 6,
    
    window_left_padding = 6,
    window_right_padding = 6,
    window_top_padding = 6,
    window_bottom_padding = 6,

    show_two_window = True,
    ctc="ctc_blink",)

Don't forget the commas at the end!

This is especially useful if you're using different textboxes for each character.