change side image when character doesen't speak

[zxcvbnm]

Hi! I decided that in my game the main character will have a side image. I also want my mc to react to what other characters say and I don't know how to do this because I can only change side image before mc statments. For example:

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mc happy "I am happy."
mc sad "Now I am sad."

How can I change side image when someone else speaks or even when nobody speaks?

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mc happy "I am happy."
oc "Hello Happy. I am Other Character" #How to change mc side image here?
mc "I should be sad now."

I hope I wrote everything understandable, english is not my first language Please help

[isobellesophia]

I guess you need to define another side image, as it seen here.

https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/side_ima ... characters

[arty]

I got around this in a somewhat hacky (?) way.

I added the MC's side image to the other characters as well.

Example, my main character looks like this:

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define r = Character("ROSWELL", image="roswell", window_left_padding=240)

Now, for every other character where I want the side image of the MC to show as well, I define them like this:

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define ts = Character("TAYLOR", image="roswell", window_left_padding=240)

You see, it's basically the same definition.

Now, you can use the modifiers on both characters and when both speak, the side image will show. You need to remember though that since they're still different characters technically, you need to add the modifiers "twice". Like this:

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    ts "Boss! What are you doing here?!"
    r frown "I could ask you the same."
    ts frown "We, uh... live here?"
    r "In this cafe?"
    ts "Uhh."

As for showing the side image when no one speaks, I haven't tried this solution since I don't need it for my own project, but you should be able to do it like this:

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define narrator = Character (None, image="yourmcsimage", window_left_padding=240)

Where you replace "yourmcsimage" with the side image for your character and the 240 under window_left_padding with any number of pixels suitable for your side image.

[zxcvbnm]

I got around this in a somewhat hacky (?) way.

I added the MC's side image to the other characters as well.

Example, my main character looks like this:

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define r = Character("ROSWELL", image="roswell", window_left_padding=240)

Now, for every other character where I want the side image of the MC to show as well, I define them like this:

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define ts = Character("TAYLOR", image="roswell", window_left_padding=240)

You see, it's basically the same definition.

Now, you can use the modifiers on both characters and when both speak, the side image will show. You need to remember though that since they're still different characters technically, you need to add the modifiers "twice". Like this:

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    ts "Boss! What are you doing here?!"
    r frown "I could ask you the same."
    ts frown "We, uh... live here?"
    r "In this cafe?"
    ts "Uhh."

As for showing the side image when no one speaks, I haven't tried this solution since I don't need it for my own project, but you should be able to do it like this:

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define narrator = Character (None, image="yourmcsimage", window_left_padding=240)

Where you replace "yourmcsimage" with the side image for your character and the 240 under window_left_padding with any number of pixels suitable for your side image.

That worked! Thank you so much, I really appreciate that <3

[arty]

No problem, I'm glad you could get it to work!