Hide Dialog Window

[tmeerkat]

Sorry for the simple question, but I am unable to hide the dialog window. I want the text to show over the background image without the darkened box. It seems like this should be a simple task, but I have not been successful. I've tried both of the below lines, but neither seem to affect the background of the dialog window.

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    define persistent.dialogueBoxOpacity = 0.0
    window hide
    b "Hello?{w=1.0}{nw}"

Yes, I have read the documentation: https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/dialogue.html

[rayminator]

if you don't want to use a textbox in your game

look for background Image("gui/textbox.png", xalign=0.5, yalign=1.0) in screens.rpy and remove it

the window hide window show doesn't really work like it use to

[tmeerkat]

I actually do want to use it normally, but I have an animation sequence where it is blocking graphics, and I would prefer floating text.

[RicharDann]

Not the most elegant solution but you could try using a ConditionSwitch to temporarily hide the background.

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# this variable will control wether the window background is shown or not
default show_window = True

# in style window
background ConditionSwitch('not show_window', Null(), 
                           'True', Image("gui/textbox.png", xalign=0.5, yalign=1.0))

# in your script
label start:
    
    "Window is shown as normal"
    
    $ show_window = False #this hides the window

    "Now the text is floating!"
    
    $ show_window = True #this restores the window
    
    "The window is back."