Is there a way to set max limit for CPS?

[Jae]

Quick question. Is there a config setting I can include in options.rpy to set maximum CPS limit? For example, 140 CPS is the maximum, not infinite.

I know there's one for a default value; that's not what I'm looking for.

[PyTom]

Not without re-implementing the preference using a FieldValue. Why would you want this - it's horrible, at least from my perspective. (I read very fast.)

[Jae]

Maybe it's just amateurism on my part, but since the Pokemon VN I'm working on emulates the messages shown in Pokemon games, the typed out text is part of the experience.

Also I frequently utilize "TEXT{w=0.5}{nw}" and extend "TEXT". I realize if the player sets infinite text speed, oftentimes the animation and messages look strange (as in it doesn't feel like there's a conversation with pauses and appropriately timed expression changes).

There are also instances where I deliberately use "{nw}" for when a character interrupts a conversation. I generally put a wait timer right before that gives the player enough time to read if he/she chooses to, but if the CPS is infinite, the subsequent message really becomes jarring.

I'm open to alternatives, of course. I don't mind going back to revise the lines.

[Jae]

I would still like to set a max CPS limit, even if it's "very fast." Anyone know how to do this?

[philat]

Like PyTom said, you'd have to edit the renpy common files. If you don't want to do that, the other option is to take away the user's ability to adjust using a slider and have a few predefined speeds in the preferences screen. This takes away player freedom, but you already want to do that anyway, so...

As a disclaimer, I also am philosophically against this, but since you asked. *shrug*