Getting the current dialogue string into a variable

[_kagire]

I need to store current dialogue string in a variable, but I don't understand how to do that and I couldn't find any information about that anywhere. Any help, please? :c

[RicharDann]

Probably the easiest method would be to add an action to the say screen. Then, whenever dialogue is presented to the player (by using RenPy's default dialogue system) the screen will update the variable for you. Of course it will continue to update it whenever dialogue changes, so it may not be what you want.

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default current_dialogue = None # a variable that will hold current dialogue

# Say screen
screen say(who, what):
    on 'show':
        action SetVariable('current_dialogue', what) #sets current_dialogue to what 

What would you be doing with this variable once it's stored?

[_kagire]

Oh, that easy? I was thinking about something like that, but couldn't make it work. Thanks! >_<
I'll count an amout of characters in the string, I need it for one game feature that I can't explain shortly.

[_kagire]

Sorry, forgot... I need it to work with NVL mode.

[RicharDann]

Hmmm, to be honest I'm not very familiar with the way NVL mode works internally, but taking a look at the documentation here, I suppose this could work:

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screen nvl_dialogue(dialogue):

    for d in dialogue:

        window:
            id d.window_id

            fixed:
                yfit gui.nvl_height is None

                if d.who is not None:

                    text d.who:
                        id d.who_id

                text d.what:
                    id d.what_id
                    
		## Add this two lines at the end, respecting the identation
                if d.current:
                    timer .01 action SetVariable('current_dialogue', d.what)

This would cause the screen to immediately set the current_dialogue variable to the latest/current line displayed.

[_kagire]

It works! Thanks, again ^^