Character Dialogue Display

[Chiclipse]

Hello! So I'm starting to make a small game in my free time for the heck of it, and it's my first time working with any sort of RPG-Maker (Thankfully the MV I'm using right now is very easy to use for now). I've made it so that the player can choose between a male/female protagonist, and I want to make it so that the respective character's picture shows with their dialogue. However, I've yet to find the method of implementing it, or confirming if it's even possible. For now, since I just started, I made two different copies of the maps where there would be dialogue between the main protagonist and the NPCs, but I wanted to know if there's a more efficient method where I can have the image of the dialogue change depending on the first party member. Thank you in advance!

 

[Eliaquim]

If you talk about windowskin, you can use the plugin tha come with the rpg maker. Or it is in default folder or in dlc folder.
WindowChange.js something like that.
Its very simple.

 

[Chiclipse]

If you talk about windowskin, you can use the plugin tha come with the rpg maker. Or it is in default folder or in dlc folder.
WindowChange.js something like that.
Its very simple.

Alright, I'll try looking for it and using it. Is it hard to implement, or is it straightforward

 

[Eliaquim]

Alright, I'll try looking for it and using it. Is it hard to implement, or is it straightforward

Its very simple. Call a plugin command:
WindowChange nameofthewindowfile

Something like that.

 

[SmashArtist]

I think @Chiclipse is talking about the character faces in the dialogue box, not the windowskin.
In this case I would suggest using Yanfly's message plugin, were you could use the textcode:

\af[x]

To display actor x's face in the message.

 

[Chiclipse]

I think @Chiclipse is talking about the character faces in the dialogue box, not the windowskin.
In this case I would suggest using Yanfly's message plugin, were you could use the textcode:

\af[x]

To display actor x's face in the message.

Yeah that's what I was asking about, I'll try that plugin as well, both still helped since I have basically nothing except for the regular set of data ^^

 

[Chiclipse]

I think @Chiclipse is talking about the character faces in the dialogue box, not the windowskin.
In this case I would suggest using Yanfly's message plugin, were you could use the textcode:

\af[x]

To display actor x's face in the message.

Does this plugin work for regular RPG Maker MV, or do I need Ace for this particular one? I'm not familiar with any of the versions so....

 

[SmashArtist]

This plugin is made for RPG Maker MV.
It should not need any other plugins to work, check out its help file for more text codes and information.

The only problem is that the above plugin doesn't allow for different expressions.
You could(possibly) use the Extended Message Pack 1 extension plugin(requires message core plugin which I mentioned earlier) and use this textcode:

\faceindex[x]

However! I have not tested this out myself and therefore am not completely sure it works.

 

[Chiclipse]

This plugin is made for RPG Maker MV.
It should not need any other plugins to work, check out its help file for more text codes and information.

The only problem is that the above plugin doesn't allow for different expressions.
You could(possibly) use the Extended Message Pack 1 extension plugin(requires message core plugin which I mentioned earlier) and use this textcode:

\faceindex[x]

However! I have not tested this out myself and therefore am not completely sure it works.

By the way, how do I implement these plugins as a .js file? I'm a stranger to JS and most other forms of coding, so I lack the knowledge as to how to make that block of text a .js file...

 

[SmashArtist]

Here's a video by Yanfly on how to install plugins.
Sorry I'm not able to explain it myself at this time, but I think her video does a good job.

 

[Eliaquim]

Oh.. Sorry, my bad.
Good luck in your project!

 

[Chiclipse]

Here's a video by Yanfly on how to install plugins.
Sorry I'm not able to explain it myself at this time, but I think her video does a good job.

Thank you again! I'll take a look at it when I can

 

[Chiclipse]

Oh.. Sorry, my bad.
Good luck in your project!

No problem, again your info was still good to know since I have 0 base knowledge on the makers ^^ also thank you!