Hi,
Ive got a custom script that shows character expressions (not finished, still debugging):
void showExpression(this Character*, Expressions eExpressionType, Expression_Length eLength, String sSay)
{
int iView;
int iBlink;
int iLength;
int iDefaultLength;
bool bIsGamePaused;
iDefaultLength = Game.MinimumTextDisplayTimeMs;
bIsGamePaused = IsGamePaused();
if (eLength == eShort) iLength = 750;
else if (eLength == eMedium) iLength = 1500;
else if (eLength == eLong) iLength = 2500;
previousView = this.GetSpeechView();
if (eExpressionType == eSmile)
{
if (this == player)
{
//getSpeechView to know which expressions to show depending on what version of Brian...
iView = 17;
iBlink = 40;
}
}
else if (eExpressionType == eAhhhh)
{
iView = 39;
iBlink = 40;
}
this.SpeechView = iView;
this.BlinkView = iBlink;
Game.MinimumTextDisplayTimeMs = iLength;
if (bIsGamePaused == true) UnPauseGame(); //if the game is paused, unpause so the portrait can close itself...
if (sSay == "") Display("Debug, just show the portrait");
else player.GSay(String.Format("%s", sSay));
if (bIsGamePaused == true) PauseGame();
Game.MinimumTextDisplayTimeMs = iDefaultLength; //(should be 1000)
this.restoreSpeechView(previousView);
bIsGamePaused = false; //reset
}
At this line: if (sSay == "") Display("Debug, just show the portrait");, Im not sure what to place so that if the text to display is "nothing", I just want to show the portrait animation with no text...right now if the text is blank (sSay == ""), no portrait is displayed at all.
Im guessing its something to do with AGS's built-in "say" that wont show the portrait animation if there is no text?
how about a space?
or rather a series of spaces depending on how long you want it to display for.
Hey Calin!
Well if I put a space, (sSay == " "), for example, we will see the speech text box next to the player's speech portrait, but empty...so in my case a square border with blue filled background...I was wondering how I could do it so that the text box doesnt appear at all. Can I (or do I need to) hack the "say" command so that if the text is a space or empty it wont display the textbox but still display the speech portrait animation?
well if the character isnt actually *saying* anything than I would recommend you dont use the say command at all.
Just use a gui or something and draw the portrait that you want.. then get the engine to wait for 2 seconds or until the player presses a button.
Doesn't saying "..." create a pause while showing only the portrait?
(I've never used anything other than LA style speech though.)
wow, just tried that (say("...")...it works great :P
Is that in the manual? If so, Im really sorry I missed that...and quite embarassed :-[
Not sure where I read that. Might very well have been some obscure collections of tidbits and snippets :)