SMS UI keep only two bubbles

[davegagne]

Hi !

Still getting used to the system and trying to match what the team has in mind. Turns out the SMS Dialogue UI might be the closest to what our artist is looking for.

However, I'd like to tweak it to get the following behavior:

- Only two bubbles showed at once (the current line and the previous one)
- Show actors portraits only once
- Use a 'continue' button to get the next line (doesn't seem to work even if it works with the Focus UI and I switch Dialogue UI)

I'm also eyeing the Basic Dialogue UI because it already shows the previous response, but it doesn't keep it if an actor talks twice in a row. I'm guessing I'd need some sort of hybrid solution. I provided a screenshot with what we're looking for.

[Tony Li]

Hi,

If someone on your team is a little comfortable with scripting, a custom subclass of SMSDialogueUI will probably be the easiest approach -- or even a custom subclass of StandardDialogueUI if your programmer doesn't want to sort through the unneeded stuff in SMSDialogueUI, which is already a subclass of StandardDialogueUI. If your programmer needs a little guidance on it, just let me know.

[davegagne]

Thanks ! We'll look into it. I'll ping you if we need anything.

[Tony Li]

Sounds good! Please remember to make a subclass instead of directly modifying the dialogue UI scripts themselves. That way you won't lose your customizations when you import Dialogue System updates.