Pausing text with dissolve. Please help.

[NikiFig]

Hi there - so I'm making these lines fade in and out. I have some lines pausing. Will someone tell me how to get the lines after the {p=3} functions mid-dialogue to use dissolve as well?

Not only that, but how can I input " character into a dialogue line rather than ' ? (i.e 'God of the New World')

Thank you.

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scene black with dissolve
    "The execution of 'Kira' on Janurary 28th, about a month ago..." with dissolve
    "...it bred many tragedies..."with dissolve
    "Let's just say things weren't as they may have seemed."with dissolve
    "Yes, perhaps the main event was legitimate. The 'God of the New World' was certainly caught...{with dissolve}{p=31}Brought to due justice."with dissolve
    "He's still buried six feet under, returning to the dust."with dissolve
    "And he certainly wasn't the only one to die."with dissolve
    "In fact, it's as if the winter that's freezing the earth right now has frozen over most of our population."with dissolve
    "Perhaps also, Nate River has proven himself able to succeed the great L."with dissolve
    "Perhaps he's still the 'World's Greatest Detective'."with dissolve
    "And perhaps this means he's beaten his fellow successor...{with dissolve}{p=3}...or perhaps not."with dissolve
    show text "Chapter 1: Rebirth" at truecenter
    with dissolve
    pause 3
    hide text
    with dissolve

[renpic]

Hi there - so I'm making these lines fade in and out. I have some lines pausing. Will someone tell me how to get the lines after the {p=3} functions mid-dialogue to use dissolve as well?

I am not sure you can do it :O You need someone more knowledgable than me to answer that

Not only that, but how can I input " character into a dialogue line rather than ' ? (i.e 'God of the New World')

Just put a backslash in front of it (\") to escape it. For example:

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 "Perhaps he's still the \"World's Greatest Detective\"." with dissolve

[Imperf3kt]

You can also use ' for dialogue. This way " is ignored within the dialogue.

[renpic]

Hi there - so I'm making these lines fade in and out. I have some lines pausing. Will someone tell me how to get the lines after the {p=3} functions mid-dialogue to use dissolve as well?

Just a question: have you considered using a slow typewriting effect instead of a dissolve?
As it would be a lot easier! (And even shorter to type! )

You can try it by adding this to the top of your script.rpy:

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init:
    python:
        preferences.text_cps = 30

and removing the 'with dissolve' from your dialog lines.