inventory gui / speech question

[Anarcho]

Hi, I just made my first custom inventory GUI and I've come across one problem.  When I look at an object in the inventory, the character's speech is displayed behind the GUI and off to the side.  Is there a way I can set the speech to always be directly below the GUI when the inventory is open, or have the inventory GUI disappear while the character is describing what's in there?

I've been looking through the manual and functions for an answer, but haven't found one...

[Kweepa]

You need to make the interaction "run script".
Then you can just turn off the GUI before displaying the speech, and turn it back on again afterwards.

[Anarcho]

Where exactly do i do this?  Do I do a script for each inventory item that shuts off the GUI?  Is that what you mean?

[Kweepa]

Yes - for every inventory interaction, you need to have a script function rather than using the visual scripting.

[Ashen]

If you're scripting anyway, you could use DisplaySpeechAt()/Character.SayAt() to position the speech below the GUI, rather than switching it off and on for every item.

[Anarcho]

Ok, I got this to work---thanks!

[Gilbert]

Or you can make an extra invisible character, which is always moved to the current room, and positioned below the GUI (since character position uses room coordinates, remember to add the ViewportX/Y in case you have a scrolling room) whenever the inventory window is opened and make him speak, that may save you from some scriptings.