Most correct way to hide/show NPC

iamlowlikeyou

What would be the most correct way to "toggle an NPC on/off"?

Specifically I need an NPC to start out invisible, and then at a later point make him appear. I've been looking at the options in Character -> Change rendering (e.g. put the character on a sorting layer that's behind the camera), but I'm not sure how to make the engine remember that, when the scene is reloaded. Also, I'm not sure if there is a better way?

ChrisIceBox

2D or 3D, and would the character still need to be interactive when hidden?

If not, it's easiest to just re-position him to a Marker out of view with the Object: Teleport Action.

iamlowlikeyou

2D, and the character need not be interactive, but he will need to be able to speak. At the moment I used Visibility on the sprite child. Is that problematic in any way?

ChrisIceBox

You'll need to attach a Remember Visibility component to save the invisible state, which should be find so long as you don't control their visibility also through animation.

iamlowlikeyou

Yes, I am aware of Remember Visibility. Thanks, I'll just use this method then.