Activate and Deactivate Characters

Characters in a scene can be temporarily disabled, which will prevent them from being included in the scene's dialogue generation. This can be useful when a character is out of the scene for a moment.

Take a character out of the scene

To deactivate a character, first select the character on the left hand side in the World Editor under the Characters tab.

Then click on the Deactivate button, beneath the character's image.

Deactivating a character like this will be instant and not generate any narration to explain the character's absence.

Can also be done through the scene tools

A character can also be deactivated while engaging with the scene, using the scene tools.

See Scene Tools -> Take character out of scnee for more information.

Using this method will generate a narration to explain the character's absence.

Reactivate a character

To reactivate a character, select the character on the left hand side in the World Editor under the Characters tab.

Then click on the Activate button, beneath the character's image.

Activating a character like this will be instant and not generate any narration to explain the character's return.

Can also be done through the scene tools

A character can also be reactivated while engaging with the scene, using the scene tools.

See Scene Tools -> Call character to scene for more information.

Using this method will generate a narration to explain the character's return.