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AGS Support => Advanced Technical Forum => Topic started by: monkey0506 on Thu 11/10/2007 18:27:22

Title: Default speech width?
Post by: monkey0506 on Thu 11/10/2007 18:27:22
I was wondering what the 'default width' is when displaying character speech. I was attempting a "background-style" speech function using an Overlay, but when creating the Overlay I have to know the width. I would like to be able to default on this parameter, but I'm not sure what value to use.
Title: Re: Default speech width?
Post by: Pumaman on Thu 11/10/2007 21:28:16
The default overlay width is 3/4 of the screen; for lucasarts-style speech it is 4/6.
If the character is within 1/4 of the edge of the screen, the width is reduced by 1/5.
Title: Re: Default speech width?
Post by: monkey0506 on Fri 12/10/2007 03:33:51
Hmm...was this just an arbitrary decision?

Thanks for the answer!