Auto Text/Dialog Box? [Solved - Thank You!]

[bDunks]

Hello!
On occasion, I would simply like the dialog box to pop up with some text, then disappear on its own.
Is this possible?
I have tried the {nw} & even tried adding something like {nw=5.0}
But it disappears in a split second.
Thank you for your time.

[isobellesophia]

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window hide

$ renpy.pause (2.0, hard=True)

window show

m "Some text."

or

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window show

$ renpy.pause (5.0, hard=True) <This will keep the textbox appear.

m "Some text."

[bDunks]

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window hide

$ renpy.pause (2.0, hard=True)

window show

m "Some text."

or

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window show

$ renpy.pause (5.0, hard=True) <This will keep the textbox appear.

m "Some text."

This code tells the game to wait x seconds before showing dialog.
What I am trying to find is a way for the dialog to show... Then wait x seconds before closing on its own.
No player interactions required.

i.e.

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scene image1
b "This is a neat store."
pause 2
b "Too bad it smells funny... {Magical code that waits x seconds before closing this dialog box}"
pause

I appreciate the response, though.

[isobellesophia]

How about

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window show
b "Some text... {w=5.0} i should expand it instead.{nw=5.0}"

window hide

$ renpy.pause (2.0, hard=True)

window show 

b "Im back."

Orrrr maybe...

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window show

$ renpy.pause (X.0, hard=True)

window hide

I am not really good at this tho. Try this.

[bDunks]

How about

OK, I first want to make some notes on your code & if I am wrong, please correct me. Merely for educations purposes.

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window show
b "Some text... {w=5.0} i should expand it instead.{nw=5.0}"		#I will get to this

window hide		#Not sure the purpose of this as pause will hide the window. UPDATE - Not True. Some code is doing this.

$ renpy.pause (2.0, hard=True)

window show		#Not sure the purpose of this as this will only briefly show a blank window...

b "Im back."		#...This is the window you want to see & will show automatically

Orrrr maybe...

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window show		#And... None of this will work... Ha ha..sorry!

$ renpy.pause (X.0, hard=True)

window hide

BUT!!!!
I do THANK YOU for this little gem!
{w=5.0}{nw}

So let's see how it work in my code, shown as an example above.

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scene image1
b "This is a neat store."
pause 2
b "Too bad it smells funny... {w=5.0}{nw}"	#Now the window closes after 5 seconds. Awesome!
pause

So again, I thank you & kudos! I don't know if they have kudos or the like here to give you. If they do, let me know & it will be in the virtual mail!
Have a good one!