is config.speaking_attribute supposed to replace other image attributes?

[zmook]

My impression is that config.speaking_attribute is supposed to append to whatever attributes are already being shown for an image tag -- at least the docs say "The image attribute is added to the image when the character's image tag when the character is speaking, and removed when the character stops." Instead I'm seeing the 'speaking' attribute *replace* all existing attributes while the dialog is up.

E.g.

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    show kasei unhappy with dissolve
    # "kasei unhappy" flashes on the screen, then is immediately replaced by "kasei speaking" rather than "kasei unhappy speaking"
    ka "I should probably leave before they find me here. This doesn't need to be your problem."  # "kasei speaking" is showing
    # "kasei unhappy" is restored
    pc "What? Don't do that. I mean, if you're in trouble, I'd like to, um, help?"

I have checked, and images for "kasei unhappy" and "kasei unhappy speaking" both exist.

Is this a bug in 8.0, or does config.speaking_attribute just not do what I expected?

[PyTom]

It's equivalent to:

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show kaisei speaking
ka "I should probably leave before they find me here. This doesn't need to be your problem.
show kaisei -speaking

The former is special cased, I believe, so that if it exactly matches a defined image, that image is shown. That's probably what's happening here.

[zmook]

Oh, huh. Okay, this isn't an issue with config.speaking_attribute, then, but is a surprising special case in 'show'.

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    hide kasei
    "testing now"
    show kasei
    "see plain kasei: check"
    show kasei happy
    "see happy kasei: check "
    show kasei speaking
    "I expected to see 'kasei happy speaking' now, but it's actually just 'kasei speaking'…"

Let's see if I understand this. For this to work the way I want, to avoid getting caught in this special case, "image kasei speaking" can't exist. That means I have to add an attribute to neutral kasei so she is declared as "image kasei neutral" and I always have to do "show kasei neutral" instead of just "show kasei". Correct?

[PyTom]

That's right, if I'm analyzing this correctly.