Switching namebox positions (solved)

[Smaymay]

I wonder if it would be possible to switch between two different nameboxes with two different positions relative to the textbox. My character sprites will only show up at two fixed positions. Left and right. I thought it would be nice to switch the position of the nameboxes to left or right depending who's talking. I'm still getting used to the new GUI interface so I don't know where to start. hehe...

Right now my character name tags are defined like this:

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define wr = Character("Waldo")
define n = Character(None)

I haven't changed anything yet to the default options.rpy, screens.rpy and gui.rpy files.

~ Thanks!

[indoneko]

You can change the name position by using who_xpos=n where n is the new x-axis position

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define wl = Character("Waldo", who_xpos=10)
define mm = Character("Maymay", who_xpos=600)
define n = Character(None)

[Smaymay]

@indoneko Thank you for your fast reply!

I tried it out. It switched the names!


But not the nameboxes.



I also looked at this tutorial and tried

window_xpos

instead of

who_xpos

and it DID change the position of my namebox! But also the position of my dialoguebox XD So it's probably a child I guess. Not the effect I was looking for either.

[Smaymay]

I ended up making two different dialogue box images.

• - Dialogue box with name box at left

• - Dialogue box with name box at right

And defined the names for my characters separately.

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define wrl = Character('Waldo', who_xpos=546, window_background="gui/textbox_left.png")
define wrr = Character('Waldo', who_xpos=1755, window_background="gui/textbox_right.png")

It's probably bad practice to code it like this. But hey it works.