Confusion/ Need help with Side Images

[MondayMagic]

I read as many tutorials and scouted out for other threads regarding this topic, but I seemed to have trouble getting it to work.
Initially, the picture assigned never appeared at all, nor did it give any sort of error. I tried all sorts of hide and show stuff, and I still don't know much about ren'py.

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 image side Ruben = ("ruben_neutral.png")
    define Ruben = Character('Ruben',
                window_left_padding=160,
                show_side_image=Image("ruben_neutral.png", xalign=0.0, yalign=1.0))

for whatever reason, it doesn't show up at all. And I'm just confused about how to go to fix it. Also, I don't want to make any sort of default side image because the perspective changes and different characters will have their own respective side image.

Thanks in advance for any help!!

[Alex]

Why don't you try this?

[Julivia1]

None of my characters appear, and the backgrounds assigned don't show up even though I re-size it to the correct dimensions. Why won't the images show?

[FlawedFlare]

Did you check that the files are correct? You may have a different file format. Like maybe the png file is actually a jpeg or a bip? If not, is it in the correct folder? You might have misplaced it in something like "images/character.png"?

[MondayMagic]

Why don't you try this?

I've been using that in addition to another FAQ I found on the Ren'py site and it just doesn't seem to work. Not that it gives me an error, just nothing different happens for whatever reason. And I have checked the file names, they're all the same extension and consistent spelling.

[Tokzu]

Maybe the path¿? Maybe you put your images inside a folder.

[Alex]

Well, if you could show the part of your code for character declaration and part of label where your characters are speak... Also, what do you mean "just nothing different happens" - do you see any image or not?

[felipe]

I don't know if this helps, but I was having trouble with side images not showing until I added the image parameter(?) to the character declaration. So the code would look like this in the script file:

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image side ruben = "ruben_neutral.png"
define ruben = Character('Ruben', window_left_padding=160, image="ruben")