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Is there a way to scroll back to a previous text box in the dialogue? Like using the mouse wheel?

Hi,

Yes. The default way is to use a dialogue UI that has only one subtitle panel. Tick that subtitle panel's Accumulate Text checkbox. I suggest temporarily playing with the WRPG Dialogue UI or Scrolling Dialogue UI to get an idea of how it works -- for example, assigning either of those prefabs to the Dialogue Manager's Display Settings > Dialogue UI in DemoScene1 and then talking to the Private Hart NPC. You'll probably want to tick the Dialogue Manager's Subtitle Settings > Show PC Subtitles During Line and UNtick Skip PC Subtitle After Response Menu.

Once you've seen how that works, see this post to make it work with a dialogue UI that has multiple subtitle panels:
How To: Accumulate Text With Multiple Subtitle Panels

Hi tony, I was actually hoping rather than having a scrolling dialogue UI, to have it be more like the text panel plays the previous box instead. It's a very common Visual Novel feature to be able to go back to a previous panel so that you can see what was said.


Rather than it being like
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"Talk talk talk"

"Talk 2 talk two"
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it would be like
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"Talk talk talk"
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"Talk 2, talk 2"
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(Scroll back)
"Talk talk talk"


Any advice?

Got it. Please see this example. Heiden uses that, or something similar, in all of their games, which are all visual novel hybrids.

Uhh ... I feel like there's still some miscommunication

I just want a back button is all, hahaha. Having it list out like just doesn't interest me.

Oh, so you can backtrack to a previous point in the conversation? If so, see the Backtracking Example (direct download) on the Extras page.