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Dialogue temporarily blocked.

#1 Post by Prandygame » Sat Nov 07, 2020 8:02 pm

Well, my question is how can I make the dialogue happen automatically, and that the player cannot absolutely advance by clicking?
It turns out that I have these dialogues.

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l "{cps = 15} You cannot continue until this text finishes writing. {p = 1} {nw} {/ cps}"
l "{cps = 15} You can't skip this text, sorry. {p = 1} {nw} {/ cps}"
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Re: Dialogue temporarily blocked.

#2 Post by Imperf3kt » Sat Nov 07, 2020 9:09 pm

You could add a hard pause before the lines of text, timed to how long they take to show. Maybe this.

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$renpy.pause(10, hard=True) 
l "{cps = 15} You cannot continue until this text finishes writing. {p = 1} {nw} {/ cps}"
$renpy.pause(10, hard=True) 
l "{cps = 15} You can't skip this text, sorry. {p = 1} {nw} {/ cps}"
In general, these kinds of situations are very frustrating to the player, so use them sparingly or at least make sure there's a decent reason for taking control away from the player and restricting them.
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