Stop dialogue box flipping horizontally with characters

[lostmushroom]

I have a small problem that I can't figure out. When characters (player or NPCs) are horizontally flipped, their dialogue boxes flip with them, meaning the text is unreadable without a mirror Is there an easy way to fix this?

I'm using Corgi with the Night in the Woods style overhead bubbles.

[Tony Li]

Hi,

Add an Always Face Camera component. You may need to tick the Rotate 180 checkbox.

[lostmushroom]

Hi - to which asset should I add Always Face Camera?

[Tony Li]

Hi,

Add it to the bubble UI.

[lostmushroom]

Hey, sorry for the late reply. I didn't manage to get this working. I added the Always Face Camera component to the Speech Bubble Dialogue UI prefab and tried it with both Rotate 180 on and off. Also tried adding it to Bubble Template Menu Panel and Bubble Template Subtitle Panel. The dialogue boxes still flip with the characters.

Is there anything I might have missed?

[Tony Li]

Since you're using Corgi, can you untick Flip Model On Direction Change and tick Rotate Model On Direction Change?

The AlwaysFaceCamera script works with rotation, not negative scaling.

Alternatively, if you want to stick with Flip Model On Direction Change, you can add a small script to the ConversationZone child GameObject, something like this:

ConversationZoneMatchCharacterTransform.cs

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using MoreMountains.CorgiEngine;
using UnityEngine;

public class ConversationZoneMatchCharacterTransform : MonoBehaviour
{
    Transform characterTransform;

    void Start()
    {
        characterTransform = GetComponentInParent<Character>().transform;
    }

    void Update()
    {
        transform.localScale = characterTransform.localScale;
    }
}

In fact, I'll add this script to the Corgi integration package.

[lostmushroom]

Thanks for the script. I added it to the Conversation Zone prefab and it works for the NPCs, so that's great

Would it also work on the player character? My player prefab doesn't have a Conversation Zone, only a Player Menu Panel.

[Tony Li]

Yes, you can use it for anything that has a Character component in a parent object

[lostmushroom]

Applying it to the child objects of the Player prefab gives some scaling issues. I tried adding it to the PlayerMenuPanel and it makes the dialogue box massive. Makes sense that that would happen, but is there a workaround to get it working on the player?

[Tony Li]

Hi,

I just put the latest Corgi Support package on the Extras page. (direct download)

The script is named MatchCharacterDirection. It handles scaling properly with Flip On Direction Change or Rotate On Direction Change.