Is it possible to show a sprite's image later on? [SOLVED]

[pyopyon]

Sorry, I had to cut the question, but, okay. So I used the dress-up game code (can be found in the cookbook) and one of the things I customized in it was skin color.

For that reason, the sprite/main character that's talking... I don't want her to be visible until AFTER the dress up portion of the game (for continuity purposes, ofc) That said, I've also made it so that the player uses their own name when playing the game. So... is there anything I can do/coding I can add that doesn't reveal the side sprite until post dress-up game?

[akemicchi]

I'd suggest just defining a new character with all the same parameters but without the side image.

[pyopyon]

But the way the character is defined is by the [povname!t] function... So would the player basically just have to type in their info all over again?

[Tsapas]

If by sprite you mean the side image, I believe it can be done with ConditionSwitch.
E.g.

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define pov = Character("[povname]", color=#FF0000, show_side_image=ConditionSwitch(
          "dress_up == False", "false.png",
          "dress_up == True", "true.png"))

You just need to declare a dress_up variable that is False until the dress-up game, and True after it is completed.
true.png is the actual side image, and none.png could be a fully transparent image with the same size to avoid text padding inconsistency between different side images.

[akemicchi]

Ahaha, I'm sorry, I don't know what the !t is for, so sorry if this doesn't work...
But if it's just speaking, you could always keep using [povname!t] in the text. You don't need to define it again. Just change the speaker, with name [povname].

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define MC = Character("[povname]", show_side_image="image.png")
define noimageMC = Character("[povname]")

label start:
    MC "My name is [povname] but I have a side image."
    noimageMC "I, too, am [povname] but I have no side image."

[pyopyon]

If by sprite you mean the side image, I believe it can be done with ConditionSwitch.
E.g.

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define pov = Character("[povname]", color=#FF0000, show_side_image=ConditionSwitch(
          "dress_up == False", "false.png",
          "dress_up == True", "true.png"))

You just need to declare a dress_up variable that is False until the dress-up game, and True after it is completed.
true.png is the actual side image, and none.png could be a fully transparent image with the same size to avoid text padding inconsistency between different side images.

I wasn't sure how to implement this since it's not a .png file, but a dynamic displayable... Thank you though for trying to help!

Ahaha, I'm sorry, I don't know what the !t is for, so sorry if this doesn't work...
But if it's just speaking, you could always keep using [povname!t] in the text. You don't need to define it again. Just change the speaker, with name [povname].

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define MC = Character("[povname]", show_side_image="image.png")
define noimageMC = Character("[povname]")

label start:
    MC "My name is [povname] but I have a side image."
    noimageMC "I, too, am [povname] but I have no side image."

AHHH THIS WORKED PERFECTLY, thank you. Now for some reason, my character's image is directly BELOW the textbox... I'll figure it out though XD, thanks so much!