Showimg is a pain in the...

[Aethorpe]

I am trying to use an NPC with a list of showimg to display all the images for each level, rather that just setting the NPC image and making alot of useless empty NPCs, and I can't get it to work if I set the x,y. I did, however, manage to get it to work if I set the NPC at the first image location and do showimg at x,y and then base all the other images off of the coordinates of the first image, like so.

NPC Code:

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showimg 1,smokeani.mng,x,y;

showimg 2,smokeani.mng,x + 2,y;

showimg 3,smokeani.mng,x + 1,y - 1;

showimg 4,treetop.png,x -1,y + 23;

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But now my problem is, if I walk out of range of the original NPC, all the rest disappear, even some that I would still need to be able to see, is there anyway to make them stay visible regardless of where I am in relation to the NPC containing the scripts?

Any suggestions are welcome, thanks.