character.Say and the mouse pointer disappears

[zeta_san]

Hi everyone
Happy New Year

Is there a way to make the mouse pointer disappear every time a character speaks?
(character.Say)

[eri0o]

The wait cursor, try giving it some sprite that is fully transparent - I think probably simply assigning sprite 0 should work.

[zeta_san]

The wait cursor, try giving it some sprite that is fully transparent - I think probably simply assigning sprite 0 should work.

thanks eri0o but, it doesn't seem to work

[Khris]

It works fine for me.

Are you using SayBackground() maybe? Can you give a bit more details? What happens to the cursor while a character talks?

"doesn't seem to work" is a useless problem description.

[zeta_san]

if I change the pointer image the image doesn't change, everything remains the same.
If I put gAction.visible=false, while the character speaks, the cursor disappears but I was wondering if there was the possibility of doing this for every time a character speaks, without having to always write it

[eri0o]

Can you video record or explain your definition of cursor?

[Khris]

Yeah, you said "mouse pointer" in your first post, but now you're turning gAction invisible. Are you using a GUI as the cursor?

[zeta_san]

sorry, unfortunately I can't explain well and I can't link images

however I use the tumbleweed theme
the pointer is a gui

[Khris]

Not an ideal solution but this should work if you add it to any script's repeatedly_execute_always function:

Code: ags

  bool show = true;
  for (int i = 0; i < Game.CharacterCount; i++) if (character[i].Speaking) show = false;
  gAction.Visible = show;

You could also use a custom say command that turns off the GUI.

[zeta_san]

@Khris
You are great!!

[zeta_san]

@Khris

Not an ideal solution but this should work if you add it to any script's repeatedly_execute_always function:

Code: ags

  bool show = true;
  for (int i = 0; i < Game.CharacterCount; i++) if (character[i].Speaking) show = false;
  gAction.Visible = show;

You could also use a custom say command that turns off the GUI.

I noticed that it only works with player.Say also in Dialog.

How can you set the block on every Say?

[Crimson Wizard]

I'm not sure about what exactly do you want, but following method will make gAction invisible if there's any blocking action at all:

Code: ags

gAction.Visible = IsInterfaceEnabled();

[eri0o]

Also you can detect the Speech.TextOverlay being non-null instead of checking every character for speaking - assuming you are using regular Say.

[zeta_san]

is it a function in the script?

[Snarky]

I noticed that it only works with player.Say also in Dialog.

Could you please try to explain again what it is that doesn't work? Looking at Khris's code, it should hide the GUI whenever anyone is speaking.

Are you saying it only works in dialogs, not at other times? Or that in dialogs it only works if you use "player.Say()" rather than "player: "? Or that it only works with the player, not other characters, and also (not?) in dialogs? Or something else?

[zeta_san]

yes sorry Snarky

it works but Crimson's works everywhere with all characters while Chris's only works when the character (player) speaks.

khris talked about a function that acts directly on Say.

However, I'm doing some tests

[Snarky]

it works but Crimson's works everywhere with all characters while Chris's only works when the character (player) speaks.

That is surprising. It should not be the case.

[zeta_san]

That is surprising. It should not be the case.

when I have time I prepare videos with the 2 versions

[Khris]

it works but Crimson's works everywhere with all characters while Chris's only works when the character (player) speaks.

That is surprising. It should not be the case.

This sounded like an engine bug at first, so I tested my code. Turns out .Speaking is only true if the character has a SpeechView assigned. I guess I can see the reasoning behind that but it should also be true while they're the subject of a .Say() call imo.

Also, to clarify: zeta_san is not talking about the mouse cursor but the action text, which by default appears above the cursor even while the interface is disabled. Which in turn could be considered a bug in the template I guess, since the action text shouldn't be displayed while the player cannot actually perform an action.

[Snarky]

So Crimson Wizard's fix is arguably the logically correct solution, since it's exactly a question of the interface being enabled.