dialogue text blinks during transition

[bloobeary]

When I use a transition between a {nw} and an extend statement, the dialog box stays onscreen, but all the text in it blinks out for a second before coming back.

Is there a way to make it not blink out and back like that?

[isobellesophia]

When I use a transition between a {nw} and an extend statement, the dialog box stays onscreen, but all the text in it blinks out for a second before coming back.

Is there a way to make it not blink out and back like that?

Maybe this one will work

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"A dialogue {nw}"
extend "With another quick dialogue"

[bloobeary]

Not sure what you're suggesting. Your example doesn't seem to have a transition in it.

This is what I've got:

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    c "{cps=10}Character talking text goes here. {/cps}{w=3}{nw}"
    
    show screen timer
    with Dissolve(.5)

    extend "{cps=10}Character continues talking here.{/cps}{w=5}{nw}"
    

It looks like triggering the Dissolve causes the text to momentarily vanish. I was hoping there was a way to keep the text visible between the end of the first line and the beginning of the extend.

[bloobeary]

Okay, it's been many days without a usable solution to this problem. A search through the forums here shows many people running into this, and trying and failing to find a workaround.

How do I go about filing this as a bug report, so it can be fixed?

[rayminator]

you can go here to report something that's not work properly

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=20031

[philat]

That's just how transitions work. Use ATL if you want the textbox to stay.

[bloobeary]

That's just how transitions work. Use ATL if you want the textbox to stay.

Could you be a little more specific?

Also, please note that the textbox itself stays visible. It's the text inside the box that disappears during transition.

[philat]

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screen test():
    add Solid("#FFF", xysize=(50,50)) at dissolvein
   
label start:
    "blah blah {nw}"
    show screen test
    extend "blah blah2"
   
transform dissolvein:
    alpha 0
    linear 0.5 alpha 1.0

[bloobeary]

Yep, that worked!

Put the transform dissolvein code into screens.py, added the "at dissolvein" code to my screen, and now the text doesn't disappear.

This still seems like something that could benefit from being a program feature, though. Something you could call with a simple code tag, like {IT} for ignore transition, or {RO} for remain onscreen, or something like that.