Changing the side-image according to gender choice

[bellice]

What I want is - theoretically - very simple. The player gets to choose between a male and a female player character in the beginning.
Depending on what was chosen, I want Renpy to display different side images.

Now I've been looking for tutorials and hints, and I've been working with the tips in this thread. And it works, but only when I don't use side images.

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init:

    
    $ mc = Character("Jordan", 
        who_ypos=-23,
        who_xpos=230,
        who_font="ui/Arsenal-Regular.otf",
        who_outlines=[(3, "#000000", 0, 0)],
        show_side_image=???,
        what_ypos=-30,
        what_xpos=200,
        what_color="#FFFFFF",
        what_outlines=[(3, "#000000", 0, 0)])
        
        
# The game starts here.
label start:
    
    $ gender = "female" #default needs to be present
    
    
    
    scene hallway with dissolve

    n "The shackles bite painfully into my skin."
    n "They are just a tad too tight to be comfortable, no doubt on purpose."
    n "The two men walking on either side of me do so silently, their eyes stubbornly focused in front of them and their expressions grim."
    n "I assume they're male, anyway."
    n "Can't be too sure when it comes to other civilisations, especially in this backwater quadrant."
    n "I test my cuffs, trying to wiggle out of them."
    n "No dice."
    guard "You won't be able to escape these. They're reinforced titanium, uhm..."
    n "Obviously they're not too sure about our gender conventions, either."
    
    menu:
        "Ma'am.":
            $ gender = 'female'
            "Ma'am. I'm female."
            guard "Very well, Ma'am. I'd advise you to keep your hands still. You'll hurt yourself otherwise."
            
        "Sir.":
            $ gender = 'male'
            "Sir. I'm male."
            guard "Very well, Sir. I'd advice you to keep your hands still. You'll hurt yourself otherwise."
            
    mc neutral "You're surprisingly polite, considering you've just arrested us for murder."
    n "Somewhere behind me, there's a groan."
    l "Your sense of tact is as immaculate as always."
    mc annoyed "Just wait till I shove my tact right up your-"
    "The guard clears his throat."
    guard "It is customary in our society to treat prisoners with respect, no matter their crime."
    mc neutral "So you're not gonna throw us in a cell to starve?"
    guard "No. We do not stoop to your level."
    mc angry "My level? You listen here, twerp, I-"
    l "What WILL you do with us?"
    n "Asshole."
            

    return

So this is what my code currently looks like and I've been playing around, but I have no idea how to get the side image to work.
Along with that, I have another file called 'xLiveComposite.rpy', like OokamiKasumi suggested in the thread, which looks like this:

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init-1:

    image mc = "mc/MC female/fmc_neutral.png"
    
# --------------------------

    image mc neutral = ConditionSwitch(
        "gender == 'female' ", Image ("mc/MC female/fmc_neutral.png"),
        "gender == 'male' ", Image ("mc/MC male/mmc_neutral.png"),
        "True", Image ("mc/MC female/fmc_neutral.png"),
        )
    
    image mc annoyed = ConditionSwitch(
        "gender == 'female' ", Image ("mc/MC female/fmc_annoyed.png"),
        "gender == 'male' ", Image ("mc/MC male/mmc_annoyed.png"),
        "True", Image ("mc/MC female/fmc_annoyed.png"),
        )
    
    image mc pleased = ConditionSwitch(
        "gender == 'female' ", Image ("mc/MC female/fmc_pleased.png"),
        "gender == 'male' ", Image ("mc/MC male/mmc_pleased.png"),
        "True", Image ("mc/MC female/fmc_pleased.png"),
        )
    
    image mc angry = ConditionSwitch(
        "gender == 'female' ", Image ("mc/MC female/fmc_angry.png"),
        "gender == 'male' ", Image ("mc/MC male/mmc_angry.png"),
        "True", Image ("mc/MC female/fmc_angry.png"),
        )

Basically, no matter what I add after show_side_image, I always get an error like

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I'm sorry, but an uncaught exception occurred.

While running game code:
  File "game\script.rpy", line 69, in script
Exception: Say has image attributes (u'neutral',), but there's no image tag associated with the speaking character.

-- Full Traceback ------------------------------------------------------------

Full traceback:
  File "C:\Users\Kniggi\Games\renpy-6.14.1-sdk\renpy\execution.py", line 266, in run
  File "C:\Users\Kniggi\Games\renpy-6.14.1-sdk\renpy\ast.py", line 401, in execute
  File "C:\Users\Kniggi\Games\renpy-6.14.1-sdk\renpy\exports.py", line 750, in say
  File "C:\Users\Kniggi\Games\renpy-6.14.1-sdk\renpy\character.py", line 731, in __call__
  File "C:\Users\Kniggi\Games\renpy-6.14.1-sdk\renpy\character.py", line 692, in resolve_say_attributes
Exception: Say has image attributes (u'neutral',), but there's no image tag associated with the speaking character.

I've been trying all kinds of options, but usually coding for me involves looking up a tutorial, copy-pasting the code and replacing the relevant bits. In other words, I have no idea what I'm doing.

I hope you guys understand my rambling. Help?

[philat]

http://www.renpy.org/doc/html/side_image.html

You declare the side image in the Character by using image="(tag)".

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    $ mc = Character("Jordan", 
        who_ypos=-23,
        who_xpos=230,
        who_font="ui/Arsenal-Regular.otf",
        who_outlines=[(3, "#000000", 0, 0)],
        image="mc",
        what_ypos=-30,
        what_xpos=200,
        what_color="#FFFFFF",
        what_outlines=[(3, "#000000", 0, 0)])

[bellice]

Well, the good news is, I no longer get an error, so thanks for that! Figures it'd be just a stupid oversight on my part.

The bad news is that the picture still doesn't show up. It just doesn't appear. I tried changing the position by adding xalign and yalign values, but it didn't do anything. Maybe I just did it wrong, though?

Tried it with

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image=Image("mc", xalign=0.005, yalign=0.900),

[akemicchi]

If you're going to change positions, you have to do it in the screen say label in screens.rpy.

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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 #This is where you change the positions.

I think you'll also want to add 'side' to your images. Like:

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image side mc neutral = ConditionSwitch(#...)

[bellice]

Still nothing. Image just won't appear at all. :/

[philat]

I didn't bother looking at your ConditionSwitch code before, but you don't need the Image() part. The following works.

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image mc neutral = ConditionSwitch(
    "gender == 'female'", "path1.png",
    "gender == 'male'", "path2.png"
    )

[xela]

I didn't bother looking at your ConditionSwitch code before, but you don't need the Image() part. The following works.

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image mc neutral = ConditionSwitch(
    "gender == 'female'", "path1.png",
    "gender == 'male'", "path2.png"
    )

This doesn't matter, Ren'Py will wrap the string in Image internally if you don't do it yourself. Your way doesn't change anything but it makes code look better (cleaner).

**The code works... your image should be there.

[philat]

Huh, didn't know that. Yeah, I gave the code a quick test run and knew it should work so I was grasping at straws. OP, try doing it over again in a clean project. Also, re-read the documentation -- it discusses when Renpy won't show a side image. You may have tagged the images incorrectly somehow.

[bellice]

Hmm...alright, then I'll make a new project and see how that goes.

[bellice]

Replicated it all in a new project, but there's still nothing. Alright, let's do this again, maybe I've just made some stupid mistake in my code. (By which I mean I've most definitely made some stupid mistake. Has to be, if it works for you guys.)

This is my script:

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#BACKGROUNDS

image hallway = "hallway.jpg"

# Declare characters used by this game.

define n = Character(None, what_color="#FFFFFF", what_outlines=[(3, "#000000", 0, 0)])
define guard = Character("Guard", who_ypos=-23, who_xpos=230, who_font="ui/Arsenal-Regular.otf", who_outlines=[(3, "#000000", 0, 0)], what_ypos=-30, what_xpos=200, what_color="#FFFFFF", what_outlines=[(3, "#000000", 0, 0)])
define l = Character("Lieutenant Bishop", who_ypos=-23, who_xpos=230, who_font="ui/Arsenal-Regular.otf", who_outlines=[(3, "#000000", 0, 0)], what_ypos=-30, what_xpos=200, what_color="#FFFFFF", what_outlines=[(3, "#000000", 0, 0)])

init:

    
    $ mc = Character("Jordan", 
        who_ypos=-23,
        who_xpos=230,
        who_font="ui/Arsenal-Regular.otf",
        who_outlines=[(3, "#000000", 0, 0)],
        image=Image("mc", xalign=0.005, yalign=0.900),
        what_ypos=-30,
        what_xpos=200,
        what_color="#FFFFFF",
        what_outlines=[(3, "#000000", 0, 0)])
        
        
        
        


# The game starts here.
label start:
    
    $ gender = "female" #default needs to be present
    
    
    
    scene hallway with dissolve

    n "The shackles bite painfully into my skin."
    n "They are just a tad too tight to be comfortable, no doubt on purpose."
    n "The two men walking on either side of me do so silently, their eyes stubbornly focused in front of them and their expressions grim."
    n "I assume they're male, anyway."
    n "Can't be too sure when it comes to other civilisations, especially in this backwater quadrant."
    n "I test my cuffs, trying to wiggle out of them."
    n "No dice."
    guard "You won't be able to escape these. They're reinforced titanium, uhm..."
    n "Obviously they're not too sure about our gender conventions, either."
    
    menu:
        "Ma'am.":
            $ gender = 'female'
            "Ma'am. I'm female."
            guard "Very well, Ma'am. I'd advise you to keep your hands still. You'll hurt yourself otherwise."
            
        "Sir.":
            $ gender = 'male'
            "Sir. I'm male."
            guard "Very well, Sir. I'd advice you to keep your hands still. You'll hurt yourself otherwise."
            
    mc neutral "You're surprisingly polite, considering you've just arrested us for murder."
    n "Somewhere behind me, there's a groan."
    l "Your sense of tact is as immaculate as always."
    mc annoyed "Just wait till I shove my tact right up your-"
    "The guard clears his throat."
    guard "It is customary in our society to treat prisoners with respect, no matter their crime."
    mc neutral "So you're not gonna throw us in a cell to starve?"
    guard "No. We do not stoop to your level."
    mc angry "My level? You listen here, twerp, I-"
    l "What WILL you do with us?"
    n "Sure, just interrupt me."
    n "Asshole."
    
            

    return

This is the relevant bit from my screens.rpy (unless there's more relevant bits I missed):

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    # If there's a side image, display it above the text.
    if side_image:
        add side_image
    else:
        add SideImage("mc") xalign 0.005 yalign 0.935

And this is my xLiveComposite:

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init-1:

    image side mc = "fmc_neutral.png"
    
# --------------------------

    image side mc neutral = ConditionSwitch(
        "gender == 'female' ", Image ("fmc_neutral.png"),
        "gender == 'male' ", Image ("mmc_neutral.png"),
        "True", Image ("fmc_neutral.png"),
        )
    
    image side mc annoyed = ConditionSwitch(
        "gender == 'female' ", Image ("fmc_annoyed.png"),
        "gender == 'male' ", Image ("mmc_annoyed.png"),
        "True", Image ("fmc_annoyed.png"),
        )
    
    image side mc pleased = ConditionSwitch(
        "gender == 'female' ", Image ("fmc_pleased.png"),
        "gender == 'male' ", Image ("mmc_pleased.png"),
        "True", Image ("fmc_pleased.png"),
        )
    
    image side mc angry = ConditionSwitch(
        "gender == 'female' ", Image ("fmc_angry.png"),
        "gender == 'male' ", Image ("mmc_angry.png"),
        "True", Image ("fmc_angry.png"),
        )

No error, just no side image whatsoever. The images are directly in the game directory. I also checked the whole thing with Lint and it gave me this:

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Ren'Py 6.14.1.366 lint report, generated at: Sat Jan 03 14:38:38 2015

Full traceback:
  File "C:\Users\Kniggi\Games\renpy-6.14.1-sdk\renpy\bootstrap.py", line 228, in bootstrap
  File "C:\Users\Kniggi\Games\renpy-6.14.1-sdk\renpy\main.py", line 317, in main
  File "C:\Users\Kniggi\Games\renpy-6.14.1-sdk\renpy\arguments.py", line 223, in post_init
  File "C:\Users\Kniggi\Games\renpy-6.14.1-sdk\renpy\lint.py", line 544, in lint
  File "C:\Users\Kniggi\Games\renpy-6.14.1-sdk\renpy\lint.py", line 360, in check_say
TypeError: sequence item 0: expected string, Image found

After initialization, but before game start.
TypeError: sequence item 0: expected string, Image found

[philat]

It's the image=Image("mc") part. Change that to image="mc" like in my previous post.

[xela]

Yeah, that should be it.

image is prolly not the best name for this argument... it can be a bit confusing.

[bellice]

Tried that already when you posted it, but the game still plays the same.
I went over it with Lint again, though, and now it's giving me this:

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Ren'Py 6.14.1.366 lint report, generated at: Sun Jan 04 12:33:08 2015

game\script.rpy:67 Could not find image (mc neutral) corresponding to attributes on say statement.

game\script.rpy:70 Could not find image (mc annoyed) corresponding to attributes on say statement.

game\script.rpy:73 Could not find image (mc neutral) corresponding to attributes on say statement.

game\script.rpy:75 Could not find image (mc angry) corresponding to attributes on say statement.


Statistics:

The game contains 25 screens of dialogue.
These screens contain a total of 226 words,
for an average of 9.0 words per screen.
The game contains 1 menus.

Remember to set config.developer to False before releasing.

Lint is not a substitute for thorough testing. Remember to update Ren'Py
before releasing. New releases fix bugs and improve compatibility.

So there probably is something wrong with the tagging, but I can't for the life of me figure out what it is. I swear to god, me trying to code is like a pig trying to fly.

[xela]

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add SideImage("mc") xalign 0.005 yalign 0.935

....... seriously, why do you keep doing weird stuff to Ren'Py? Is it a fetish?

There is a perfect, clear guide in the link philat provided, it should provide you with a set of flawless instructions. Stop doing kinky stuff. You can do it with SideImage("mc") as well but than you're declared your images wrong.

Just use default SideImage(), get it to display correctly and then mess with it.

[bellice]

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add SideImage("mc") xalign 0.005 yalign 0.935

....... seriously, why do you keep doing weird stuff to Ren'Py? Is it a fetish?

There is a perfect, clear guide in the link philat provided, it should provide you with a set of flawless instructions. Stop doing kinky stuff. You can do it with SideImage("mc") as well but than you're declared your images wrong.

Just use default SideImage(), get it to display correctly and then mess with it.

Hey, no kink-shaming.

I tried to follow instructions! And then it didn't work and I tried to combine them with another set of instructions and then it still didn't do anything and then I panicked and then there was a lot of messing around without really understanding anything (because all that talk about tagging and stuff just makes my brain go stupid) and in the end I was so confused, I couldn't even remember what I had and hadn't tried.

In this case, I thought I had to let renpy know what the side image was. (I did look at the documentation, but I couldn't really find the important parts in it. I kept looking through it like this: )

Buuuut it works now!
And I'd like to think I learned something along the way. So thanks you guys - all of you - for taking the time to help me, as stupid as I can get when it comes to coding.