Positioning of Lucasarts style speech (SOLVED)

[auriond]

In the current dialogue I'm scripting, the speech is appearing on top of the character's sprite, instead of over his head like it's supposed to:



Is there something I'm missing? Admittedly someone else scripted the first dialogue, so this is the first time I'm trying out dialogue for myself.

I know about the SayAt command, but this is in the Dialogue script where SayAt isn't an option, I think. The manual doesn't address this.

[Khris]

Hm, that's strange. The text is right in the center of the screen, maybe it's narrator speech?
Could you make sure that is says [character's name]: in front of the line in the dialog script?

[auriond]

Yup, it does. Here's a snippet of the relevant code from the dialogue script:

Code: ags

@S  // dialog startup entry point
GIUSEPPE: "Hello, Martin. I didn't expect to see you again so soon. Where did you just come from?"

and in case it's relevant, for the character's Talk interaction, I have:

Code: ags

  // script for Character 2 (Giuseppe2): Talk to character

int stateGiuseppeMainroom = GetGlobalInt(3);
  
  Game.NormalFont = 2;
  
  if(stateGiuseppeMainroom == 0) //first time talking to him
		dGiuseppe2ND0.Start(); //start first dialogue

[Pumaman]

Speech will be displayed in the middle of the screen if the character saying the line is not in the room or is turned off. Would either of these apply?

[auriond]

Oh, I feel dumb. Yes, of course that's it! The character is named differently now, so I should use that new name. I was still using the old one. Thanks so much Chris