Changing textboxes in certain parts of the game?

[Kokoro Hane]

I was wondering how you can use multiple kinds of dialogue boxes in the game, instead of just the one you set as default. I would like to use a different dialogue box for a certain part of the game. Basically, I already have found the dialogue box I want, but at another part, I want that box to change. How do you program that?

[Donmai]

You can define two (or more) characters that have the same name but have different dialogue boxes:

define x = Character('John Doe', window_background = "ui/frame1.png")
define y = Character('John Doe', window_background = "ui/frame2.png")

and use it like this:

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x "My name is John Doe."
y "My name is still John Doe, but can you notice something new?"

[nyaatrap]

There is more advanced code if you are interested:

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define x = Character(show_position=(.8,.5))
screen say:
   default position = (.5,.5)
   window:
      align position

And this is a example of this dynamic message box: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eulKInNZ ... r_embedded

[Donmai]

Wow! Great code and fantastic example!

[Kokoro Hane]

Ah, thanks! I'll let you know if it works!