Using a textbox and AnimationPlayer nodes, I’m trying to make it so whenever you continue to the next line of text, if you want an animation to play, it will, on that specific line of text. I’m having trouble doing so. This is for my intro cutscene.
This is the first AnimationPlayer node, which has the first lines of the intro. I’m using the Call Method option from this textbox to get the queue_text() function, which makes the text appear and work in the first place:
enum State {
READY,
READING,
FINISHED
}
var current_state = State.READY
var text_queue = []
var dialog_spr_queue = []
func _ready():
_hide_textbox()
func _process(delta):
match current_state:
State.READY:
if !text_queue.is_empty():
display_text()
display_sprite()
button_2.disabled = false
touch_button.disabled = false
textbox_ready.emit()
State.READING:
if Input.is_action_just_pressed("skip"):
label.visible_ratio = 1
end_symbol.text = ">"
tween.kill()
change_state(State.FINISHED)
typing_dialog_sfx.stop()
button_2.disabled = true
touch_button.disabled = true
textbox_reading.emit()
State.FINISHED:
if Input.is_action_just_pressed("interact"):
change_state(State.READY)
_hide_textbox()
_smooth_transit()
smooth_textbox_transition.emit()
#if !text_queue.is_empty():
#show_textbox()
#else:
#_hide_textbox()
textbox_finished.emit()
func queue_text(next_text):
text_queue.push_front(next_text)
func display_sprite():
var next_face = dialog_spr_queue.pop_back()
boxspr.texture = next_face
func queue_face(next_face):
dialog_spr_queue.push_front(next_face)
func _hide_textbox():
start_symbol.text = ""
end_symbol.text = ""
label.text = ""
textbox_container.hide()
func show_textbox():
start_symbol.text = "
>"
textbox_container.show()
func display_text():
tween = get_tree().create_tween()
var next_text = text_queue.pop_back()
label.text = next_text
label.visible_ratio = 0.0
change_state(State.READING)
show_textbox()
tween.tween_property(label, "visible_ratio", 1.0, len(next_text) * CHAR_READ_RATE)
tween.connect("finished", on_tween_finished)
typing_dialog_sfx.play()
func on_tween_finished():
end_symbol.text = ">"
change_state(State.FINISHED)
typing_dialog_sfx.stop()
func change_state(next_state):
current_state = next_state
match current_state:
State.READY:
print("Changing to be ready...")
State.READING:
print("Changing to be reading...")
State.FINISHED:
print("Changing to be finished...")
func _smooth_transit():
if !text_queue.is_empty():
show_textbox()
else:
_hide_textbox()
Then, after the last line of this AnimationPlayer node, I want to transition to another AnimationPlayer node, which, besides the text, has another animation altogether.
The text flows as it should. If I press the button that progresses the lines of text, it will proceed normally - Except the extra animation, the Sprite2D’s positioning changing. It will happen as soon as I proceed to the very second line of the intro, not when I transition to the next AnimationPlayer node containing the next string of text and the sprite’s position changing. The animation basically is triggered too early.
If it’s relevant: How I make one AnimationPlayer node go to another is by using a signal from the textbox that emits when a line of text is finished. I then put said signal in the script of the first AnimationPlayer node, where if the textbox is finished and I press a button, it will proceed to the next line of text. After a certain point, it goes to the next AnimationPlayer node.
extends AnimationPlayer
@onready var textbox = $"../CharacterBody2D/Camera2D/Textbox"
var dialogue_pass = false
@onready var begin_text_1 = $"../begin_text_1"
func _on_textbox_textbox_finished():
if Input.is_action_just_pressed("interact") && dialogue_pass == false:
begin_text_1.play("new_anim_1")
dialogue_pass = true
if Input.is_action_just_pressed("interact") && dialogue_pass == true:
pass
TLDR: Animation is triggering too early into a cutscene, and I’m not sure how to sync it the line of text the animation is supposed to go trigger with.