How to set a portrait at runtime?

[swampytable]

Hi,

I currently am in a position where I have several selectable characters at the start of my game, and of course each one has a different portrait. I am using an actor, "Player" and currently setting the name like this:

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DialogueLua.SetActorField("Player", "Display Name", playerName);

I also have a portrait loaded when the game loads,

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Sprite playerPortrait = Resources.Load<Sprite>("PlayerCharacters/player1/Player1_portrait");

I would like to assign this portrait to the actor, "Player" in a similar way. I have tried things like,

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Sprite playerPortrait = Resources.Load<Sprite>("PlayerCharacters/player1/Player1_portrait");
Sprite[] playerPortraits = new Sprite[1];
playerPortraits[0] = playerPortrait;

DialogueLua.SetActorField("Player", "Pictures", playerPortraits);


OR
...
DialogueLua.SetActorField("Player", "Player Portraits", playerPortraits);

...

and many iterations of this.

What I need to figure out is a way to set the actor's portrait at runtime. Is there a way?

Thanks!

[Tony Li]

Hi,

Use:

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DialogueLua.SetActorField("Player", "Current Portrait", "PlayerCharacters/player1/Player1_portrait");

Or use the SetPortrait() sequencer command.

[swampytable]

Hi Tony,

This works perfectly, thanks very much!

[Tony Li]

Glad to help!