DisplayTopBar on longer

[barefoot]

Hi

I was wondering if there is a way to have DisplayTopBar on longer rather then use a gui etc..

Code: ags

 DisplayTopBar(25, 8, 7, "Weight Task", "9.92080 lbs")

cheers for any help/comments

UPDATE: I'de still like to know if its possible.... until then i have made  GUI to cover the situation..

-barefoot-

[Khris]

What do you mean by "longer"; are you talking about it being displayed while the game continues?

[Crimson Wizard]

I think he needs GUI.
Yeah, barefoot, I think you need GUI AFAIK there's no way to make display box hang on background.


.... oh wait... or....   

[barefoot]

I think he needs GUI.
Yeah, barefoot, I think you need GUI AFAIK there's no way to make display box hang on background.


.... oh wait... or....  

Yarr.. that's exactly what I have done.. show gui... wait x amount time... hide gui...

Code: ags

gweight.Visible = true;
 Wait(200);
  gweight.Visible = false;

works a treat..  thanks for your comments.

-barefoot-

[Monsieur OUXX]

Digging out this topic because it's describing the issue I'm encountering.

According to the manual, DisplayTopBar "has the same behaviour as Display".

However, it's not true (in 3.4.0.x) :
- Display remains on screen as long as the user does not click or press a key
- DisplaytopBar disappears automatically after a (very!) short time.

Also just so you know, for what I'm doing at the moment I can absolutely not use a GUI; only an absolutely blocking function such as "Display" will do. I planned on switching to DisplayTopBar for cosmetic reasons (choice of color, etc.) but atm it won't do for the reason I described (different behaviour).

[Crimson Wizard]

- DisplaytopBar disappears automatically after a (very!) short time.

Yeah... it does. AGS 3.2.1 does that too. Never paid attention to this, to be honest.

Apparently it uses same skipping rules as speech. I guess AGS assumes that DisplayTopBar is another speech style.
So, a workaround might be:

Code: ags

Speech.SkipStyle = eSkipKeyMouse;
DisplayTopBar(...);
Speech.SkipStyle = old style;

EDIT: Also, this means that game.text_speed and game.text_speed_modifier should affect its duration. Which kinda finally answers barefoot/Slasher's question from 2010

[Monsieur OUXX]

Code: ags

Speech.SkipStyle = eSkipKeyMouse;
DisplayTopBar(...);
Speech.SkipStyle = old style;

PERFECT. Thank you!!!