[Solved] Making text type itself? or at least not appear...

[Ispheria]

Hello everyone!

This is my first time posting on this board so forgive me if I am doing something wrong. I am also completely new to Ren'py and I was wondering if it was possible to make it so that text sort of types itself out like I see happen in some visual novels. Or at least not appear all at once. I know that it is possible to make it scroll down like the Star Wars thing using the ScrollSay thing (which is really cool) but it's not what I'm looking for. I am using a really cool typewriter looking font and I want it to sort of type itself out.

Also, as a side question, can you make it so that the names of people are not bolded? My font looks horrible bolded that small lol

Thanks in advance

[Googaboga]

Welcome to the site :].

You can make the text run like that. Here is how you do it. Open the options.rpy script and look for this:

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    ## The default text speed in characters per second. 0 is infinite.

    config.default_text_cps = 0

Change the 0 to something else like this:

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    ## The default text speed in characters per second. 0 is infinite.

    config.default_text_cps = 99.0

After you've changed it to something else in order for it to take effect you'll have to hit the Delete Persistent options in the Ren'Py launcher.

cps means Characters (letters, numbers, etc) Per Second so the larger you make the number the faster the characters will appear.

[Ispheria]

Thanks! No wonder it wasn't working lol I actually tried that earlier but i never hit the Delete Persistant option (cause I didn't realize it even did anything). err...how do I mark this as solved though? i've noticed some of the topics here have that next to their name

[Googaboga]

Hit the "Edit" button near the bottom of your original post. On the edit page you can change the title of the topic.

Although I didn't answer your other question. I don't know the answer so if you still need help it's fine if you leave this open :>.

[Donmai]

Also, as a side question, can you make it so that the names of people are not bolded? My font looks horrible bolded that small lol

At the bottom of your option.rpy file you should find this line:

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## More customizations can go here.

just add this line there:

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style.say_label.bold = False

save your file and run the game again to check.

[Ispheria]

sweet! thanks so much!

[Kagehide]

I was having the same problem! Im so glad its fixed now.