How do I show a character on top of the dialouge box??

[Arctic Tempest]

How can I show my character on top of the dialouge box at the left without covering or interupting the dialouge???
Kinda like this...
Please help!

[CheeryMoya]

That's your basic sideimage. If you want one that can change expression and keep one defining block, here's the code I use:

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define p = Character('Protagonist',
                 color="#4169E1",
                 window_left_padding=210,
                 show_side_image=ConditionSwitch(
                 "express == 'sad'", "protagsad.png",
                 "express == 'surprised'", "protagsurprised.png",
                 "express == 'happy'", "protaghappy.png",
                 "express == 'angry'", "protagangry.png",
                 "express == 'blush'", "protagblushing.png",
                 "express == 'normal'", "protagnormal.png", xalign=0.0, yalign=1.0,
        )
    )

Replacing p for the phrase you want to use for your speaker, Protagonist for the name, and protag[expression].png for whatever names your files are. In dialogue, you code it like so:

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$ express = "sad"
p "What a lousy day."
"A box of pizza falls from the sky onto your lap."
$ express = "happy"
p "Whoa! I'm so happy right now!"

And the expression on the sideimage will change accordingly.

P.S. For future questions like these, please ask in the Ren'Py Questions and Announcements board. The Cookbook is for posting up code that can be used by others.

[Arctic Tempest]

Thanks so much!
Sorry about posting it here...

[Cinto]

A somewhat simpler method I found was this:

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define Cexpression = Character('Character name', window_left_padding=200,
                show_side_image=Image("Character_expression_portrait.png", xalign=0.0, yalign=1.0))

and then just define your character multiple times, each one with a different expression. The window_left_padding and x/yalign can be adjusted based on how big your image is.