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[metamorphium]

I was many times already asked how I did in Ghost in the Sheet the talk window. So I've decided to share the code. Basically it works like this. I have a couple of images with special characters (Larisa, Scott etc.) named approprietly.

when my Talk method is called, it takes 3 parameters: srcString (line to speak), srcActor (which is used to select propper image for the speaking character and xPosition which sets the
start of the talk text block (some images are at the beginning of the window, some at the end).

As most of the lines are spoken by Ghost, the defaults are set to the window so you can call it like

Ghost.Talk("blabla");

if you need reply from Larisa, it would be:

Ghost.Talk("blablabla", "larisa", 500);

Code: WME Script

1. method Talk(srcString,srcActor,xPosition)
2. {
3.  
4.         var twin;
5.         if (srcActor == null) twin = "talk"; // basic window with ghost
6.         else
7.         twin = srcActor; // NPC window
8.        
9.         var tmpState = Game.Interactive;
10.         Game.Interactive = false;  // we save the interactivity state for later and turn it off
11.  
12.         var dlgWin = Game.LoadWindow("windows\dlgWindow.window"); // load the dialogue window
13.         var  talkRobotEnt = Scene.CreateEntity();  // create the entity used for talking
14.         var tString = Game.ExpandString(srcString);  // prepare the localized string to handle formatting
15.         var tLength = tString.Length;
16.         var lines = ToInt(tLength / 300) + 1; // find out how many lines will we need
17.                
18.         dlgWin.SetImage("windows/"+twin+".png");   // set the image
19.         dlgWin.Y = 425; 
20.                
21.         // set the caption parameters
22.         talkRobotEnt.SubtitlePosRelative = false;
23.         talkRobotEnt.SubtitlesPosXCenter = false;
24.         talkRobotEnt.SubtitlesWidth = 680;
25.         talkRobotEnt.SubtitlesPosX = 90;       
26.        
27.         if (xPosition != null) talkRobotEnt.SubtitlesPosX = xPosition;
28.        
29.                        
30.         talkRobotEnt.SubtitlesPosY = 630 + 15* lines;  // position the caption in the window based on number of lines
31.  
32.        
33.         talkRobotEnt.SetFont("fonts\verdana.font"); // set the speech font
34.  
35.         talkRobotEnt.SoundPanning = false;  // make the sound centered
36.         talkRobotEnt.Talk(srcString, null, "", "", 0);  // say the line
37.        
38.         Game.UnloadObject(dlgWin);  // dispose of the window
39.         Scene.DeleteEntity(talkRobotEnt); // kill the talk entity
40.        
41.         Game.Interactive = tmpState;   
42.  
43. }
44.  

Nowadays I'd make it a bit differently, but you get the idea...

[Drake]

Hey this is great! You rock!
Thank you very much!

PS: First post on the board!

[Jyujinkai]

please post an image or 2?

[Jyujinkai]

can we please get a screenshot or somthing.. so we canunderstand why this "talk" window is cool?

[metamorphium]

uhm, I thought the people asking for that code actually saw gits in action.

http://www.ghostinthesheet.com/dialog.jpg

[Jyujinkai]

Thanks Meta

uhm, I thought the people asking for that code actually saw gits in action.

true.. but random people in community hunting for code snipits in the "Scripts, plugins, utilities, goodies" area of forum... may not have played GITS but still be interested in chat ideas.

[Chris]

 can't use with animation charecter . plese help me

how do use "method Talk" with animation charecter