Scene transition without losing dialogue box

[InvertMouse]

Hello there . At the moment, I am crossfading between images like this:

scene image_a

"Hello! Here is the first image."

scene image_b with dissolve

"And here is the second image."

When I crossfade to image b, the dialogue box disappears for a second before coming back in. Is that a way to prevent this from happening? I am working on a game at the moment that has quite a few cg transitions, so the constant popping in and out of that box can become quite a distraction.

Thank you everyone !

[philat]

Use ATL instead of transitions. Transitions force the game to wait until they're finished; ATL does not. You use ATL with "at" rather than "with," and you'll probably have to define a few to fit your needs, but there are good tutorials around for that.

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init:
    transform atldissolve:
        alpha 0
        linear 0.5 alpha 1.0

label start:
    "blah"
    scene black at atldissolve
    "blah blah"

[trooper6]

Would putting "window show" in your script.rpy file solve the problem?

Like so:

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label start:
    window show

[philat]

Reason I recommended atl rather than window show,btw, is that window show will show the window but will still wait for the transition to finish with a blank window (i.e., text disappears). It tends to be slightly more jarring than atl, which simply goes on with the game. But good point bringing the option up.

[InvertMouse]

Thank you so much for your responses ! I will give these a try right away.