Characters speaking simultaneously

[AdamM]

Can it be done?

[Gilbert]

Yes, just look for Character.SayBackground() from the manual.

[AdamM]

But...

Er...

Wait a minute. I'm sure there was some reason that I couldn't use that function.

Oh yes, I remember now. The character's talking animation isn't run. And before you say you can always use Character.Animate(), what about lipsyncing?

[AdamM]

So it's not possible then?

[Khris]

That depends. If you're using the standard lip-sync, you can emulate it using a custom function.
I'm not sure if that's worth the effort though.

Will people really notice that the second char's talking anim isn't synced?

[Radiant]

People other than the programmer tend not to notice lipsyncing if it isn't there, so I shouldn't worry overly much about that.

I remember that Himalaya Studios put a lot of work and effort into lipsyncing for the game they wrote, and were rather pissed off at the fact that pretty much nobody cared.

[AdamM]

So in conclusion it's not possible to get lipsyncing on two or more characters at once.



Chriiiiis? Why can't we get two or more characters talking at once?

[Khris]

Not with the built-in functions, but it is possible.

[Wonkyth]

so I shouldn't worry overly much about that.

It's something to do with being a perfectionist.
It certainly slows Me down allot.