[HOWTO] How To: Customize Scrolling Dialogue UI

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Tony Li
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[HOWTO] How To: Customize Scrolling Dialogue UI

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This article contains tips on customizing the Scrolling Dialogue UI.

To control the typing speed of a dialogue UI's subtitle text, inspect the Subtitle Text GameObject. The basic Scrolling Dialogue UI prefab uses Unity UI Text, so it has a UnityUITypewriterEffect component. Increase its Characters Per Second:

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However, I recommend enabling TextMesh Pro Support. Then replace the Subtitle Text GameObject with a TextMeshProUGUI version, and add a TextMeshProTypewriterEffect:

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Also configure Auto Scroll Settings, which I also highlighted above.

Remember to assign it to the Subtitle Panel Info's StandardUISubtitlePanel component:

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If you only want to show the NPC's portrait, tick the Subtitle Panel Info GameObject's Only Show NPC Portrait checkbox, and unassign these two fields on the response menu:

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Finally, if you want to indent lines, please see: How To: Prepend actor name and indent in TextMesh Pro

And if you want to color subtitle text or actor names, see: How To: Color Actor Name and Indent Text
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