Changing Side image when there's No Dialogue?

[marikodes]

I've configured the side image for my main character to always be showing, and I'm wondering if there's a way to change which image is showing without giving the character dialogue? (For instance, to show their reaction to another character's dialogue, etc.)

If it helps clarify, here's the relevant code I've got going:

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init python:
    config.side_image_tag = "mc"

define mc = Character('[first_name] [last_name]', image ='mc')

image side mc = ConditionSwitch(
        "gender_pres == 'masc'", "sprites/mc/mc_m_normal.png",
        "gender_pres == 'femme'", "sprites/mc/mc_f_normal.png",
        "gender_pres == 'nb'", "sprites/mc/mc_nb_normal.png",
        )

image side mc annoyed = ConditionSwitch(
        "gender_pres == 'masc'", "sprites/mc/mc_m_annoyed.png",
        "gender_pres == 'femme'", "sprites/mc/mc_f_annoyed.png",
        "gender_pres == 'nb'", "sprites/mc/mc_nb_annoyed.png",
        )
# etc. for other emotions

And what I want to happen is something along these lines:

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chara1 "Wow, ur really lame [first_name]."
# change mc side image to annoyed
chara1 "Haha, just kidding."

[orz]

Try just giving it an empty string " "

[marikodes]

Try just giving it an empty string " "

That does certainly work, it's just not as smooth as I'd like to be, since it still displays an empty textbox.

[orz]

It's a dirty fix, but you could just do 'mc annoyed "{nw}"'.

If it were me I'd just keep track of the mc's mood in a variable, and use a ConditionSwitch based on that variable to show the different images.