[SOLVED] side character image on the right expressions?

[kersplode]

hey there! i'm super new to ren'py and i want to change the position of my main character in the text box. the only way i've managed to successfully get my character on the right side of the textbox is by entering

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define l = Character('Lillian',
                window_right_padding=170,
                show_side_image=Image("lillian.png", xalign=1.0, yalign=1.0))

but that way i can't change her expression. i've tried all sorts of ways to change this, like how someone else said i could by changing the properties of the images when i define them

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image side lillian = Image("lillian.png", xalign=1.0, yalign=1.0)
image side lillian frown = Image("lillianfrown.png", xalign=1.0, yalign=1.0)

and the character herself as

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define l = Character('Lillian', image="lillian")

but that just makes her show up on the left again. is there any way i can make her show up on the right and only have to type things like

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l "hey there."
l frown "don't talk to me."

to have her display different expressions? thank you in advance!

[kisa]

I (a newbie who is still experimenting) kind of did that in a test game I'm doing by defining multiple characters of the same person...
So, it would be:

Define lnor = (insert character text)
Define lmad = (insert other character text with different code)

[ArachneJericho]

Much easier way is to edit screens.rpy.

Locate these lines:

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    # If there's a side image, display it above the text.
    if side_image:
        add side_image
    else:
        add SideImage() xalign 0.0 yalign 1.0

turn that xalign 0.0 into an xalign 1.0

[yuucie]

uhm, I haven't experimented with side images yet, but it sounds like you labeled her expressions as "side lillian" and then her actual image as "1". So now there are two characters, one named side lillian and one named 1. Nevermind, those doesn't matter LOL. Try changing:

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image 1 frown = Image("lillianfrown.png", xalign=1.0, yalign=1.0)

then when you're changing her expressions:

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show 1 frown
 
1 "Don't talk to me"

I hope that works, I have no idea if side images work differently from characters!

[Chaotic]

Here's an example of me having a side image with different expressions:

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$ m = Character("Me", image = "m", window_left_padding = 150, window_background = Frame("ui/m.png", 0, 0))
image side m blush = im.Scale("char/m/blush.png", 150, 364)
image side m happy = im.Scale("char/m/happy.png", 150, 364)
image side m mad = im.Scale("char/m/mad.png", 150, 364)
image side m norm = im.Scale("char/m/norm.png", 150, 364)
image side m sad = im.Scale("char/m/sad.png", 150, 364)
image side m smile = im.Scale("char/m/smile.png", 150, 364)

If you ignore the "im.Scale" (that's for scaling purposes in order to make it smaller), what I've done is put

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 ...image = "m",...

in the Character line to allocate anything with m to be the MC.

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image side m ...

means it's a side image (which you want) for the character m, which is the MC. Everything after the "image side m ..." is the word I want to use for the corresponding expression.

With this done, showing the different expressioned character in the script.rpy is simple. Where you would normally put "m" (or in your case "l") in the beginning before typing the sentence, put "m" and the word used for the expression.
e.g.

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e "Yeah just waiting for Ash before we head into town."
"My heart drooped a little as he said this. Ash? Was this the mysterious person that Freddie had been talking about before?"
m sad "Ah cool."
"I knew that he didn't know about my feelings, but I couldn't help but be a little upset at him; was it not obvious enough to him that I might have a little thing for him? Evidently not since he continued talking like normal."
e "You seen Fred?"
m norm "Ah he went to the library to return some books. I'm waiting for him out here before we walk home."
e "Cool cool. So...you're probably staying for dinner right?"
m "Mmm. Probably."

"m sad" shows the sad expression and "m norm" the normal expression. The reason I've got "m" saying "Mmm. Probably." afterwards is because "m norm" is remembered (like variables) so it continues showing "m norm" until you change the expression, say, back to "m sad" by putting "m sad" instead of "m"

...I've probably confused you more (lol) but if anything needs clearing up just ask

[kersplode]

Much easier way is to edit screens.rpy.

Locate these lines:

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    # If there's a side image, display it above the text.
    if side_image:
        add side_image
    else:
        add SideImage() xalign 0.0 yalign 1.0

turn that xalign 0.0 into an xalign 1.0

thank you! this one worked the best. then i just put

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define l = Character('Lillian', image="lillian",
                window_right_padding=180)

for the character and did all the rest as

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image side lillian frown = "lillianfrown.png"
image side lillian smile = "lilliansmile.png"

etc. was easiest this way. can someone mark this topic as solved? i'm not sure how to...

[chocoberrie]

can someone mark this topic as solved? i'm not sure how to...

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