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Hi!
This is probably some stupid little thing that I have missed but after a long time of researching I just can't find options for dialogue entries to wait the previous one to finish.
I noticed that when the player character has a long dialogue entry with the typewriter effect, the other conversant's dialogue entry starts before the player's typewriter effect has finished and vice versa. Is there a way to tick some box or something simple to force dialogue entries to wait their own turns?
Thanks in advance!

Hi,

Subtitles wait for their Sequences to finish. The typewriter runs independently. For example, if your dialogue entry's Sequence field is:
then the subtitle will end when 3 seconds have elapsed, regardless of how far the typewriter has typed.

If you leave the dialogue entry's Sequence field blank, or if you include "{{default}}", the subtitle will play the Dialogue Manager's Camera & Cutscene Settings > Default Sequence, which is initially set to:
This delays for a duration based on the text length and the the Dialogue Manager's Subtitle Settings > Subtitle Chars Per Second and Min Subtitle Seconds. Since you're using a typewriter effect, make sure Subtitle Chars Per Second is equal to or less than the typewriter effect's Characters Per Second.

Alternatively, you can set the Dialogue Manager's Subtitle Settings > Continue Button mode to Always to require the player to click a continue button to continue, or set the Default Sequence to:
To wait for the typewriter to send its sequencer message "Typed" when it's done.

More info: Cutscene Sequences

Thank you for the reply. I just changed the dialogue manager's characters per second to match the typewriter's and it works. Thanks for clearing this out for me!

Glad to help!