Dialogue speed preview

[Gazza]

Hi, it's me again

how do i code a text speed preview (https://i.imgur.com/ViS3aMZ.png) like the one shown here? I found a relevant thread (viewtopic.php?f=8&t=57516), but i don't understand how to pass the current speed in the slider to the text and update it in "real time"

thank you very much for your patience!

[Andredron]

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=14334&p=187672&hili ... es#p187672

[Gazza]

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=14334&p=187672&hili ... es#p187672

oh yeah, i tried that one, but i wanted to stay on the screen and repeat itself after a period of time

[Andredron]

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=14334&p=187672&hili ... es#p187672

oh yeah, i tried that one, but i wanted to stay on the screen and repeat itself after a period of time

Add in Time

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..... 
.... while:
........timer... 

Not the fact that I wrote correctly, I did not do this


https://o7planning.org/ru/11387/loops-in-python

[Gazza]

Add in Time

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..... 
.... while:
........timer... 

I'm sorry, i don't understand, where should i place the while loop and the timer in the code?

[Andredron]

I'm sorry, i don't understand, where should i place the while loop and the timer in the code?

Yes,

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screen preference:
    frame:
        align 0.5
        
        while:
            timer 2.0 action Hide("text_test")
            timer 5.0 action Show("text_test")

Or write a function. But now I’m writing from the phone, without a PC it’s hard for me to remember what

[Gazza]

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screen preference:
    frame:
        align 0.5
        
        while:
            timer 2.0 action Hide("text_test")
            timer 5.0 action Show("text_test")

Or write a function. But now I’m writing from the phone, without a PC it’s hard for me to remember what

sorry to bother again, but the code always gives me an error; if a put it in a function the "timer" givers me an error, if i don't the "while" loop gives me an error

i'm a little stumped

[RicharDann]

You might not need to use a while loop, you can just set the timer property repeat to True, so that it effectively loops:

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    timer 2.0 repeat True action Show("text_test")
    timer 5.0 repeat True action Hide("text_test")

[Gazza]

You might not need to use a while loop, you can just set the timer property repeat to True, so that it effectively loops:

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    timer 2.0 repeat True action Show("text_test")
    timer 5.0 repeat True action Hide("text_test")

It works, but is there a way to have the text always showing, wihout hiding the screen?

[RicharDann]

From my understanding, this method works precisely because the text is being removed and then shown again. This is because slow text is designed to displayed only once per screen, since it's intended use is for dialogue, so there's no way to "reset" it without hiding it first that I know of.

What you can do is reduce the amount of seconds both timers wait so the removal is less noticeable to the player, but I think if it's set too low, it might not give a chance to see the effect if the text is too long. Might have to experiment with that.

[Gazza]

From my understanding, this method works precisely because the text is being removed and then shown again. This is because slow text is designed to displayed only once per screen, since it's intended use is for dialogue, so there's no way to "reset" it without hiding it first that I know of.

yeah, my question was more about how the guy in the first post i linked was able to refresh the screen without hiding it, it's seemed complicated

but i'll go with this route, thank you very much for your help!