style.window.background and layer order

[npantic]

Is ti possible to change style.window.background on the go ? for example to change theme for some character or in some part of the game ?

Ho do you push an image in the front of text window ?

Thanks!

[PyTom]

You can give Character a window_background argument, which specifies the background image that's used when that Character is shown.

What are you trying to do by putting an image above the window? I ask because there's multiple ways to do this, and I want to be sure you use the right one.

[npantic]

You can give Character a window_background argument, which specifies the background image that's used when that Character is shown..

No, i meant on text area... if i want to change the style (in my case - images) of area where text is shown, for example to have few types of it...

What are you trying to do by putting an image above the window? I ask because there's multiple ways to do this, and I want to be sure you use the right one.

for example, if in some action scene, i would like to put image (character or object) over the text area, to have a effect closing up...

tnx!

[PyTom]

No, i meant on text area... if i want to change the style (in my case - images) of area where text is shown, for example to have few types of it...

Yeah, that's what I thought you meant. The right way to do this is to define a window_background on the Character. That's the per interaction equivalent of style.window.background.

The dirty little secret of Ren'Py is that Character objects don't really represent characters, but rather collections of settings that are used when dialogue is shown.

for example, if in some action scene, i would like to put image (character or object) over the text area, to have a effect closing up...

This is probably a good candidate for the user of layers:

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init python:
    config.layers.append('ontop')

label test:
    show myimage onlayer ontop
    "The image is on top of this text!
    hide myimage onlayer ontop
    "Now it's gone!"