This was all intended to be part of the last commit

My bad :(

addons/dialogic/Modules/Character/node_portrait_container.gd

@@ -159,15 +159,14 @@ func is_container(id:Variant) -> bool:
 
 #region DEBUG METHODS
 ################################################################################
+# USE THIS TO DEBUG THE POSITIONS
+#func _draw():
+	#draw_rect(Rect2(Vector2(), size), Color(1, 0.3098039329052, 1), false, 2)
+	#draw_string(get_theme_default_font(),get_theme_default_font().get_string_size(container_ids[0], HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT_LEFT, 1, get_theme_default_font_size()) , container_ids[0], HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT_CENTER)
+#
+#func _process(delta:float) -> void:
+	#queue_redraw()
 
-func _draw():
-	draw_rect(Rect2(Vector2(), size), Color(1, 0.3098039329052, 1), false, 2)
-
-	draw_string(get_theme_default_font(),get_theme_default_font().get_string_size(container_ids[0], HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT_LEFT, 1, get_theme_default_font_size()) , container_ids[0], HORIZONTAL_ALIGNMENT_CENTER)
-
-
-func _process(delta:float) -> void:
-	queue_redraw()
 
 ## Loads the debug_character with the debug_character_portrait
 ## Creates a holder node and applies mirror

addons/dialogic/Modules/Character/subsystem_containers.gd

@@ -10,24 +10,6 @@ var transform_regex := r"(?<part>position|pos|size|siz|rotation|rot)\W*=(?<value
 #region STATE
 ####################################################################################################
 
-func clear_game_state(clear_flag := DialogicGameHandler.ClearFlags.FULL_CLEAR) -> void:
-	pass
-
-
-func load_game_state(load_flag := LoadFlags.FULL_LOAD) -> void:
-	pass
-
-
-func pause() -> void:
-	pass
-
-
-func resume() -> void:
-	pass
-
-
-func _ready() -> void:
-	pass
 
 #endregion
 
@@ -67,6 +49,7 @@ func add_container(position_id: String, position := "", size := "") -> DialogicN
 		copy_container_setup(example_position, new_position)
 		new_position.container_ids = [position_id]
 		new_position.position = str_to_vector(position)-new_position._get_origin_position()
+		new_position.name = "Portrait_"+position_id.validate_node_name()
 		position_changed.emit({&'change':'added', &'container_node':new_position, &'position_id':position_id})
 		return new_position
 	return null

addons/dialogic/Modules/Character/subsystem_portraits.gd

@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ func load_game_state(_load_flag:=LoadFlags.FULL_LOAD) -> void:
 	for character_path in portraits_info:
 		var character_info: Dictionary = portraits_info[character_path]
 		var character: DialogicCharacter = load(character_path)
-		dialogic.PortraitContainers.load_position_container(character.get_character_name())
-		add_character(character, character_info.portrait, character_info.position_id)
+		var container := dialogic.PortraitContainers.load_position_container(character.get_character_name())
+		add_character(character, container, character_info.portrait, character_info.position_id)
 		change_character_mirror(character, character_info.get('custom_mirror', false))
 		change_character_z_index(character, character_info.get('z_index', 0))
 		change_character_extradata(character, character_info.get('extra_data', ""))
@@ -375,7 +375,8 @@ func join_character(character:DialogicCharacter, portrait:String,  position_id:S
 		change_character_mirror(character, mirrored)
 		return
 
-	var character_node := add_character(character, portrait, position_id)
+	var container := dialogic.PortraitContainers.add_container(character.get_character_name())
+	var character_node := add_character(character, container, portrait, position_id)
 	if character_node == null:
 		return null
 
@@ -406,7 +407,7 @@ func join_character(character:DialogicCharacter, portrait:String,  position_id:S
 	return character_node
 
 
-func add_character(character:DialogicCharacter, portrait:String,  position_id:String) -> Node:
+func add_character(character:DialogicCharacter, container: DialogicNode_PortraitContainer, portrait:String,  position_id:String) -> Node:
 	if is_character_joined(character):
 		printerr('[DialogicError] Cannot add a already joined character. If this is intended call _create_character_node manually.')
 		return null
@@ -420,7 +421,6 @@ func add_character(character:DialogicCharacter, portrait:String,  position_id:St
 		printerr('[DialogicError] Cannot call add_portrait() with null character.')
 		return null
 
-	var container := dialogic.PortraitContainers.add_container(character.get_character_name())
 	var character_node := _create_character_node(character, container)
 
 	if character_node == null:

addons/dialogic/Modules/Clear/event_clear.gd

@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@ func _execute() -> void:
 		if step_by_step: await dialogic.get_tree().create_timer(final_time).timeout
 
 	if clear_style and dialogic.has_subsystem('Styles'):
-		dialogic.Styles.load_style()
+		dialogic.Styles.change_style()
 
 	if clear_portrait_positions and dialogic.has_subsystem('Portraits'):
-		dialogic.Portraits.reset_all_portrait_positions()
+		dialogic.PortraitContainers.reset_all_containers()
 
 	finish()
 

addons/dialogic/Modules/Style/event_style.gd

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ var style_name: String = ""
 ################################################################################
 
 func _execute() -> void:
-	dialogic.Styles.load_style(style_name)
+	dialogic.Styles.change_style(style_name)
 	# we need to wait till the new layout is ready before continuing
 	await dialogic.get_tree().process_frame
 	finish()

addons/dialogic/Modules/Style/subsystem_styles.gd

@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ signal style_changed(info:Dictionary)
 #region STATE
 ####################################################################################################
 
-func clear_game_state(_clear_flag:=DialogicGameHandler.ClearFlags.FULL_CLEAR) -> void:
+func clear_game_state(_clear_flag := DialogicGameHandler.ClearFlags.FULL_CLEAR) -> void:
 	pass
 
 
-func load_game_state(load_flag:=LoadFlags.FULL_LOAD) -> void:
+func load_game_state(load_flag := LoadFlags.FULL_LOAD) -> void:
 	if load_flag == LoadFlags.ONLY_DNODES:
 		return
 	load_style(dialogic.current_state_info.get('style', ''))
@@ -23,7 +23,15 @@ func load_game_state(load_flag:=LoadFlags.FULL_LOAD) -> void:
 #region MAIN METHODS
 ####################################################################################################
 
-func load_style(style_name:="", parent:Node = null, is_base_style:=true) -> Node:
+## This helper method calls load_style, but with the [parameter state_reload] as true,
+## which is commonly wanted if you expect a game to already be in progress.
+func change_style(style_name := "", is_base_style := true) -> Node:
+	return load_style(style_name, null, is_base_style, true)
+
+## Loads a style. Consider using the simpler [method change_style] if you want to change the style while another style is already in use.
+## [br] If [param state_reload] is true, the current state will be loaded into a new layout scenes nodes.
+## That should not be done before calling start() or load() as it would be unnecessary or cause double-loading.
+func load_style(style_name := "", parent: Node = null, is_base_style := true, state_reload := false) -> Node:
 	var style := DialogicUtil.get_style_by_name(style_name)
 
 	var signal_info := {'style':style_name}
@@ -59,10 +67,10 @@ func load_style(style_name:="", parent:Node = null, is_base_style:=true) -> Node
 			previous_layout.get_parent().remove_child(previous_layout)
 			previous_layout.queue_free()
 
-
 	# if this is another style:
 	var new_layout := create_layout(style, parent)
-	new_layout.ready.connect(reload_current_info_into_new_style)
+	if state_reload:
+		new_layout.ready.connect(reload_current_info_into_new_style)
 
 	style_changed.emit(signal_info)
 
@@ -71,7 +79,7 @@ func load_style(style_name:="", parent:Node = null, is_base_style:=true) -> Node
 
 ## Method that adds a layout scene with all the necessary layers.
 ## The layout scene will be added to the tree root and returned.
-func create_layout(style:DialogicStyle, parent:Node = null) -> DialogicLayoutBase:
+func create_layout(style: DialogicStyle, parent: Node = null) -> DialogicLayoutBase:
 
 	# Load base scene
 	var base_scene: DialogicLayoutBase
@@ -146,7 +154,7 @@ func get_layout_node() -> Node:
 
 
 ## Similar to get_tree().get_first_node_in_group('group_name') but filtered to the active layout node subtree
-func get_first_node_in_layout(group_name : String) -> Node:
+func get_first_node_in_layout(group_name: String) -> Node:
 	var layout_node := get_layout_node()
 	if null == layout_node:
 		return null