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I am using 6.99.13 and trying to figure out how to display (and hide) an image above the say_window, like a side image, but I want it to be persistent regardless of whose talking and only hide when I tell it to. This will be the protagonist, so it won't just be one image as they will display emotions - but the main point is to put it on top of the textbox and everything else.

I have tried setting the zorder of the say screen to 1 and the zorder of the image to 2 and the text box still appears above the image. I set the zorder of the image to 500 and no better. The say_window does not appear to accept zorder as a style parameter. I'm not sure where to set the zorder to force this image(or others) to the top.

Thanks for any help!

Andrews
Vluut Inclusive Games
www.vluut.com

Why not just show a regular image (with positioning) and never "hide" it?

Ren'py only uses zorder within each screen for displayables (or layer for screens) as far as I know.
Presuming you are not adding the image to the say screen, maybe just set the layer when shown...

show image_ref onlayer "overlay"

Brilliant! Thank you! That worked! Now that I understand layers I'm going to make a million of them!

lol, have fun.

For info, Ren'py as standard generally has 4 layers: [ 'master', 'transient', 'screens', 'overlay' ]
The current best practice to add your own layers to that is with renpy.add_layer(layer, above=None, below=None, menu_clear=True)