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[HOWTO] How To: Continue Without UI Button
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 11:36 am
by Tony Li
If you've set up your conversations to wait for a continue button click, normally the player will continue by clicking a UI button.
However, there are several ways to continue without the UI button:
1. Use the Continue() sequencer command in a sequence, such as the Sequence below to continue after 2 seconds:
2. Use the UI button, but size it to cover the whole screen, and set its Image color alpha to zero so it's invisible. This allows the player to click/tap anywhere onscreen to continue. You can usually move it to be a direct child of the Dialogue Panel and/or add a Layout Element and tick Ignore Layout. This will make it easier to configure the Rect Transform to cover the whole screen.
3. Add a UIButtonKeyTrigger to the UI button. This lets you map additional inputs to click the button. Don't use Space or Return for UIButtonKeyTrigger hotkeys; Space and Return are already used by the Unity UI EventSystem to click the current selection. If you add them to UIButtonKeyTrigger, they can end up incorrectly clicking the button twice.
4. Or remove the continue button(s) from your dialogue UI, and add this script to your Subtitle Text GameObjects:
ContinueFastForward.cs
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using PixelCrushers.DialogueSystem;
using UnityEngine;
public class ContinueFastForward : MonoBehaviour
{
public KeyCode[] continueKeys = new KeyCode[] { KeyCode.Space, KeyCode.Return };
void Update()
{
foreach (var key in continueKeys)
{
if (InputDeviceManager.IsKeyDown(key))
{
FastForward();
return;
}
}
}
void FastForward()
{
var typewriterEffect = GetComponent<AbstractTypewriterEffect>();
if ((typewriterEffect != null) && typewriterEffect.isPlaying)
{
typewriterEffect.Stop();
}
else
{
GetComponentInParent<AbstractDialogueUI>().OnContinue();
}
}
}
Note: When using a joystick or keyboard, or if Always Auto Focus is ticked, the Dialogue System will keep focus on the continue button, or a response button if it's currently showing a response menu. If you open your own UI, such as a pause menu, at this time, the Dialogue System will steal focus away from your UI. To prevent this, see
this article.
Re: How To: Continue Without UI Button
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 3:29 pm
by JohnnyCenter
Worked like a charm. Thank you for your efforts
Re: How To: Continue Without UI Button
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2019 3:38 pm
by Tony Li
Glad to help!
Re: [HOWTO] How To: Continue Without UI Button
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 7:50 pm
by DrewThomasArt
Hello, where exactly do I put the "ContinueFastForward" script? I've tried putting it on every Game Object in the Dialogue Manager and it still doesn't continue when I hit the button. (Whether it be space, enter, or the key I set it to.)
Re: [HOWTO] How To: Continue Without UI Button
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 7:57 pm
by Tony Li
Hi,
Put it on the subtitle panel's Subtitle Text GameObject.
Re: [HOWTO] How To: Continue Without UI Button
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 8:23 pm
by DrewThomasArt
Tony Li wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 7:57 pm
Hi,
Put it on the subtitle panel's Subtitle Text GameObject.
I see why I'm confused, the "JRPG" Template doesn't have the subtitle panel, but I just checked the "Focus" template and it does
Is there any way to do this for the JRPG template?
Alternatively, I got it to work with spacebar, but clicking breaks it. It works fine but if the user clicks than key presses don't work at all. If there was a way to disable fast forwarding with clicks, that would also work
Thank you
Re: [HOWTO] How To: Continue Without UI Button
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 8:33 pm
by Tony Li
Hi,
The JRPG template has a subtitle panel. It's just tucked away kind of deep:
- jrpgSubtitlePanel.png (19.89 KiB) Viewed 3803 times
If you want to get rid of the fast forward feature instead, remove the continue button's Standard UI Continue Button Fast Forward component, and configure the Button's OnClick to call the Subtitle Panel's OnContinue() method:
- jrpgNoFastForward.png (57.91 KiB) Viewed 3803 times
Re: [HOWTO] How To: Continue Without UI Button
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 10:23 pm
by DrewThomasArt
Tony Li wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 8:33 pm
Hi,
The JRPG template has a subtitle panel. It's just tucked away kind of deep:
jrpgSubtitlePanel.png
If you want to get rid of the fast forward feature instead, remove the continue button's Standard UI Continue Button Fast Forward component, and configure the Button's OnClick to call the Subtitle Panel's OnContinue() method:
jrpgNoFastForward.png
I appreciate you taking the time to upload screenshots,
And thank you, that works now that I can find the right GameObject (sheesh, my bad)
Now, the key that I set only works for the NPC dialogue that has the continue button. Is there a way to also use the keypress that I set in your "ContinueFastForward" script to also skip the player's response dialogue?
Re: [HOWTO] How To: Continue Without UI Button
Posted: Thu Mar 24, 2022 10:24 pm
by DrewThomasArt
DrewThomasArt wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 10:23 pm
Tony Li wrote: ↑Thu Mar 24, 2022 8:33 pm
Hi,
The JRPG template has a subtitle panel. It's just tucked away kind of deep:
jrpgSubtitlePanel.png
If you want to get rid of the fast forward feature instead, remove the continue button's Standard UI Continue Button Fast Forward component, and configure the Button's OnClick to call the Subtitle Panel's OnContinue() method:
jrpgNoFastForward.png
I appreciate you taking the time to upload screenshots,
And thank you, that works now that I can find the right GameObject (my bad, that's embarrassing)
Now, the key that I set only works for the NPC dialogue that has the continue button. Is there a way to also use the keypress that I set in your "ContinueFastForward" script to also skip the player's response dialogue?
Edit: Figured it out. I just unchecked "is Player" in the Actor window from the editor. I'm all set now, thanks
Re: [HOWTO] How To: Continue Without UI Button
Posted: Tue Aug 09, 2022 2:23 pm
by timbecile
Hey Tony,
I am trying to implement this. The script works good, but the Response panel takes forever to become active. (it's still waiting the same amount of time for the text to finish. Is there a way to speed that up through the script and make it active at the same time?