Speech Bubble customisation

[alex89]

Hello! First post here. I've been playing with Dialogue System for a couple of weeks now, experimenting a bit what are its possibilities, and I find it great! Had to build a custom dialogue system in the past and it required a lot of work to get it done properly!

While reading through the docs and tinkering with it, I got a couple of questions

I am trying to achieve something like this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLGWdNJ ... J&index=16
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OR6yB4M ... J&index=12

Both videos are from the same person, and they used Dialogue System (looking at the videos description and comments section). From the year it was posted I believe this was made with the v1.

Essentially what I'm trying to do is get a better control of the sizing and positioning of the speech bubble for every dialogue node.

Is there an easier (idiomatic) way of achieving this by taking advantage of the features that DS v2 is bringing? What would be the recommended approach?

Any help or suggestions would be much appreciated!

[Tony Li]

Hi,

I'm guessing that Lollie's subtitle panels are overlaid on the screen in screen space, not world space bubbles, and that they use Show and Hide animations when opening and closing.

For overhead bubbles, yes, you'll want to use a content size fitter. It's possible that the example bubble prefab that ships with the Dialogue System imposes an arbitrary maximum size. But it's really just an example, so feel free to take what you want from it.

Alternatively, you can use an asset called Lively Chat Bubbles. The Dialogue System has integration with it. It's a nice solution that sizes and positions bubbles well. It has other neat features like automatically adjusting the tail of the bubble to follow the speaker.

[alex89]

Thanks for the swift reply, it's very helpful!

I'll explore what you suggested and take it from there

[Tony Li]

Glad to help!