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Hi All,

I just wondered if you can change the character portrait during the conversation. I would like to swap the pose/expression as the NPC says different lines. Do I have to use animated portraits or is there a simple way to switch the image?

Thanks

Hi,

In the Dialogue Editor, assign portraits to the actor's Portrait Sprites list. Note their portrait number (1, 2, 3, etc.). By default, conversations will show portrait sprite 1. In Dialogue Text, include [pic=#] markup tags to show a different portrait sprite. For example, if portrait 2 is a smiling image:

• Dialogue Text: "Yay! Happy day! [pic=2]"

To change the portrait sprite permanently (or for the duration of the conversation if your actor isn't associated with a Dialogue Actor component), use the SetPortrait() sequencer command.

Amazing! Thank you!!

Glad to help!