Godot Version
4.4 Stable
Question
Hey, everyone!
I’m attempting to make a dialogue system that displays whole strings, however, my function seems to run the code in the “else” statement even before matching the conditions for that to happen, stopping the timer and as such cutting off the string. Strangely, it works fine in the first line, but any subsequent lines face this issue.
Other issues:
" visible_characters " skips straight to the third letter when it should load only the first letter
The timer also seems to go faster with each line that is loaded? That might be just me though!
Please ask me if I was unclear about anything, I’ll try to provide information as best as I can! I apologize in advance if my topic’s name was not clear.
Here is the code that performs logic on the strings (Though I can also provide other code if needed!)
extends Node2D
@onready var portrait := $CanvasLayer/Container/Portrait
@onready var portcont := $CanvasLayer/Container
@onready var dialogue := $CanvasLayer/Text
@onready var timer = $Timer
@onready var audioplayer := $TalkSoundPlayer
var maxLineSize := 64
var currentLine := 0
@export var textSpeed := 0.5
@export var dialogueArray : Array[Dialogue]
func _physics_process(delta: float) -> void:
if Input.is_action_just_pressed("interact"):
currentLine += 1
_load(dialogueArray[currentLine].text, dialogueArray[currentLine].portrait)
func updateArray(newData) -> void:
if typeof(newData) != typeof(dialogueArray):
push_error("Not an array of dialogue! Please check the variable that is being parsed:" + newData)
else:
dialogueArray = newData
_load(dialogueArray[0].text, dialogueArray[0].portrait)
func _load(text : String, pic : CompressedTexture2D) -> void:
dialogue.visible_characters = 0
if (pic == null):
#idk how this will work in lower screen resolutions so Uh
dialogue.position.x -= dialogue.position.x / 3
else:
portrait.texture = pic
portrait.set_hframes(2)
if (text.length() > maxLineSize):
push_error("Dialogue too big! Shorten this line! " + text)
return
print(text.length())
displayText(text)
func displayText(text : String):
print(text.length())
dialogue.text = text
#reset for new dialogue
timer.set_wait_time(0.05)
dialogue.visible_characters = 0
timer.start()
timer.timeout.connect(
func():
audioplayer.play()
#flip between 0 and 1
if dialogue.visible_characters % 2 == 0:
portrait.frame = 1 - portrait.frame
if dialogue.visible_characters < text.length():
match text[dialogue.visible_characters]:
"!", ",", ".", ":", ";", "?":
timer.set_wait_time(0.15)
_:
timer.set_wait_time(0.05)
dialogue.visible_characters += 1
else:
portrait.frame = 0
timer.stop()
print(dialogue.visible_characters)
)
(Apologies for not attaching the video directly, I have a new account and can’t attach it!)
