Skip button

[davidsibya08]

It's been a long time since my last post.
It's good to be back.

Sir Tony Li,

I know it would be possible so I would just like to ask on how
would I make a skip button?

I would prefer it to be like when a conversation starts, aside from the continue button
there would be a skip button that allows me to skip what the NPC is saying. Upon skipping, I want to
be stopped on choosing choices only (if there is need). Then, back the NPC dialogue and
another skip and continue button (just a loop).

As along as there is a choice that I could skip what the NPC is saying.

Thanks in advance sir Tony!

[Tony Li]

Hi David!

Here's an example scene: SkipButtonExample_2017-12-21.unitypackage

It uses a script named SkipButton. Add this script to your Dialogue Manager. Then create a Skip button, and set the button's OnClick() event to SkipButton.SkipToResponseMenu.

The script is below, too:

SkipButton.cs

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using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using PixelCrushers.DialogueSystem;

public class SkipButton : MonoBehaviour
{

    public bool skip;

    private AbstractDialogueUI dialogueUI;

    private void Awake()
    {
        dialogueUI = GetComponentInChildren<AbstractDialogueUI>();
    }

    public void SkipToResponseMenu()
    {
        skip = true;
        dialogueUI.OnContinue();
    }

    void OnConversationLine(Subtitle subtitle)
    {
        if (skip) StartCoroutine(ContinueAtEndOfFrame());
    }

    IEnumerator ContinueAtEndOfFrame()
    {
        yield return new WaitForEndOfFrame();
        dialogueUI.OnContinue();
    }

    void OnConversationResponseMenu(Response[] responses)
    {
        skip = false;
    }

}

[Tony Li]

Now that I think about it, you'll probably want to add this method to the script:

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void OnConversationEnd(Transform actor)
{
    skip = false;
}

This turns off the skip when the conversation ends, so it doesn't skip when you start a new conversation.

[davidsibya08]

Alright! Thanks sir Tony! I'll try this sooner or later when I'm back home.
Still in a vacation! Hope your having a great holiday!

Thanks again!

[Tony Li]

Sounds good. Enjoy your vacation!

[Abelius]

Sorry for highjacking the thread, but I've stolen this little nice script for my new VN-style project, he he...

And yes, it's working beautifully!

I have one question though, to further "enhance" the feature.

How could a little delay be added, so instead of skipping blazingly fast, every frame, it sends DialogueUI.OnContinue() after a configurable amount of time?

What I'd like to see is the dialogue skipping very fast, but not so fast that the next thing I see after clicking the button is the next Response panel.

Could this be easily added to the script? Or it would be going too far?

[Tony Li]

You could change the ContinueAfterOneFrame method to ContinueAfterShortDelay, something like:

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IEnumerator ContinueAfterShortDelay()
{
    yield return new WaitForSeconds(1); // Skip ahead after a 1-second delay.
    dialogueUI.OnContinue();
}

However, a few other devs have implemented a fast-forward instead. To do this, they set the subtitle line's typewriter effect to a really fast value, like 200 characters per second, and set the Dialogue Manager's Subtitle Settings to skip ahead quickly. Something like:

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using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using PixelCrushers.DialogueSystem;

public class SkipButton : MonoBehaviour
{

    private float minSubtitleSeconds = 2;
    private float subtitleCharsPerSec = 30;
    private float typewriterCharsPerSec = 50;

    private UnityUIDialogueUI dialogueUI;
    private UnityUITypewriterEffect typewriter;

    private void Awake()
    {
        dialogueUI = GetComponentInChildren<UnityUIDialogueUI>();
        typewriter = dialogueUI.dialogue.npcSubtitle.line.GetComponent<UnityUITypewriterEffect>();
    }

    public void SkipToResponseMenu()
    {
        skip = true;
        // Save original values:
        minSubtitleSeconds = DialogueManager.DisplaySettings.subtitleSettings.minSubtitleSeconds;        
        subtitleCharsPerSec = DialogueManager.DisplaySettings.subtitleSettings.subtitleCharsPerSeconds;
        typewriterCharsPerSec = typewriter.charactersPerSecond;
        // Set values to fast forward:
        typewriter.charactersPerSecond = 200;
        DialogueManager.DisplaySettings.subtitleSettings.subtitleCharsPerSecond = 200;
        DialogueManager.DisplaySettings.subtitleSettings.minSubtitleSeconds = 0;
        DialogueManager.DisplaySettings.subtitleSettings.continueButton = ContinueButtonMode.Never;
        // Skip this line:
        dialogueUI.OnContinue();
    }

    void OnConversationResponseMenu(Response[] responses)
    {
        // Set original values:
        typewriter.charactersPerSecond = typewriterCharsPerSec;
        DialogueManager.DisplaySettings.subtitleSettings.subtitleCharsPerSecond = subtitleCharsPerSec;
        DialogueManager.DisplaySettings.subtitleSettings.minSubtitleSeconds = minSubtitleSeconds;
        DialogueManager.DisplaySettings.subtitleSettings.continueButton = ContinueButtonMode.Always;
    }
}

This script plays the typewriter at 200 characters per second, automatically skipping ahead as soon as the typewriter finishes. When it gets to a response menu, it reverts to the original subtitle settings.

[Abelius]

Nice! I like the simplicity of the first solution, and it's working exactly as I envisioned so, thanks!

[Tony Li]

Glad to help!

[davidsibya08]

Good day Sir Tony.

Now, for my new question.
I believe there is a way to have a previous button for the conversations.
So, I would like to ask how would I do it?

I just wanted to have a previous button so that user
can review the previous dialogue that the user
might have continued accidentally.

Thank you sir!