【Solved】How to start a new line before character speaks?

[nanashi]

Hi. I know we use "\n" to start text with a new line.
But how do we start new line before character speaks?

Below is what I'm looking for.

　　　　Testing.

John "Hello world!"

If I write this way,

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a " Testing."
john "\n Hello world!"

it comes out like this.

　　　　Testing.
John "
　　　　Hello world!"

I'm sorry, I looked up for old threads but found nothing.
I need some help.

[Aleema]

This sort of writing is best suiting with NVL mode. Are you using NVL characters?

[nanashi]

I am.
Here's my code for the character.

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$ char = Character(povname, image="protagonist", kind=nvl,ctc=anim.Blink("system/screen/arrow.png"),what_outlines=[(1.5, "#000") ])

[KimiYoriBaka]

have you tried putting the "\n" at the end of the previous line?

[nanashi]

Yep. But I have "ctc=anim.Blink".
If I put "\n" at the end, the arrow doesn't show at the end of the line.

[Aleema]

OH, have you tried vspace? You use it like this:

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a " Testing."
john "{vspace=30}Hello world!"

Try that out.

[nanashi]

Thanks. I tried, I got this error.

I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
File "game/test.rpy", line 2529, in script
john "{vspace=30}hello world"
File "renpy-6.12.0-mainline/common/00nvl_mode.rpy", line 250, in python
Exception: Text tag vspace=30 was not recognized. Case and spacing matter here.

Can you tell me where I'm doing wrong?

[Aleema]

Actually, I think that code only works for 6.13 version of Ren'Py ... Sorry. ^^;
Maybe a blank line with {nw} tag in it?

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a " Testing."
"{nw}"
john "Hello world!"

I haven't tested that. Maybe it works.

[nanashi]

I think {nw} doesn't work.
It starts with the same line.

I'm downloaing 6.13 right now and see if vspace will work.

[nanashi]

Okay, I got 6.13 and tried vspace.
It doesn't work. It looks like this.

[Aleema]

Wow, that sucks. It really seems like you can't get the effect you want ...
This is the last thing I would suggest, but maybe you can create a new character. And in that character, you adjust the top padding/margin.

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$ big_space = NVLCharacter(None, kind=nvl, window_top_padding = 30)

-___- Hope it works for you.

[nanashi]

That works!
Thanks you so much