So it's a dialogue menu thing I've been working on. Here's what it does:
Backdrop portraits for whoever's speaking and/or listening
Each character can have up to 30 different "poses"
Up to 6 choices, whether each one shows up is controllable by tags (or globals, which is what I'm using)
Sets up to three tags (again, or globals) with each dialog
Completely controlled via script, no need to edit anything in Custom
Dialogue can branch, loop back in on itself, twist and turn, and whatever have you
All the script data is generated via spreadsheet
The script is pretty self-contained, but the spreadsheet can be a bit clunky. If anyone wants to use this, drop me a note. I might put it up on the wiki as well, but that's going to take some time as I'll need to document the spreadsheet as well.
Being from the third world, I reserve the right to speak in the third person.
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Man once I think I'm starting to get a hang of Hspeak, I see work like yours and realize I still have a long way to go!
BMR wrote: Completely controlled via script, no need to edit anything in Custon
This seems really interesting to me. Does this mean that if I wanted to add or edit a new textbox for dialogue it would have to be from within your hspeak script? Or did I completely misinterpret that?
KutKu wrote:Man once I think I'm starting to get a hang of Hspeak, I see work like yours and realize I still have a long way to go!
BMR wrote: Completely controlled via script, no need to edit anything in Custon
This seems really interesting to me. Does this mean that if I wanted to add or edit a new textbox for dialogue it would have to be from within your hspeak script? Or did I completely misinterpret that?
Yup, you'd do it from within the script. Well, rather, you'd do it in the spreadsheet, which autogenerates a script, which you then add to your script.
Being from the third world, I reserve the right to speak in the third person.
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I'm curious, what are the fields of the spreadsheet? Is it one row per textbox, or one row per choice?
I wonder whether, with a little bit of cleanup, it could be practical to edit the script directly rather than use a spreadsheet. I guess a spreadsheet is probably an inherently better way to organise it though?
