How do I make a typing effect?

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  • I want text to appear letter by letter, like in games with lots of diolouge, along with the sound effects.

    I know I can do

    • Set Text to "H"
    • Wait 0.2 seconds
    • Set Text to "He"
    • Wait 0.2 seconds
    • Set Text to "Hey"

    but this seems extremely repetitive. I also know about Append Text, but again, repetitive and not very helpful in editor.

  • Use a timer instead.

    Cheers.

  • Here's an example: https://www.dropbox.com/s/sdjm3mr2hspvl ... .capx?dl=1

    Both the typing speed and the complete text must be set by changing Text object variables as shown below:

    You can set them beforehand, like I did, or dynamically when creating the text, in which case I'd suggest a function for that.

    Hope this helps. Cheers!

  • Hi Bruno,

    Is it possible to add a sprite (e.g. cursor block) ahead of text?

    Regards,

    Roberto

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  • I remember I did something like this a long time ago. I'll check if I still have the capx at home. Also, you could use an unicode block character as I mentioned on the other thread.

  • Hi Bruno,

    I was just thinking of a normal sprite. I'm currently on release 272 and yours seems higher. Will try resolving this first. I appreciate you coming back to me on this ;)

    Roberto

  • Hi Bruno,

    I've just updated my C2 and you've nailed it my friend - drinks on the house!

    You're amazing - Thankyou sooooo much.

    Roberto

  • Hi Bruno,

    Is it possible to change the input box for a normal text box - so it reads from that box instead of typing?

    I'm playing with it but getting some resistance.

    Regards,

    Roberto

  • Yes it is. I'm not sure exactly what you want to do, but you can read from anything, a text, an input, a variable, a string. What exactly is the effect you're trying to achieve?

    Cheers!

  • I'd like it to produce a paragraph of pre-type text if possible?

    Rather than typing the paragraph.

    Muchos Gracias,

    Robeto

  • So. This is one way of doing it.

    Click to advance the text.

    What I have there is a constant that has all text sequence separated by "|" and a variable (currentText) that controls which is the current text from that list. I have a function that creates a textbox and sets its completeText variable to the currentText from the constant. Every time I click, it increases the currentText by 1 and creates another textbox. Also, textboxes have a timer behavior that is started on creation.

    EDIT: There's also a condition to avoid clicking while the text is being typed. And you can change typing speed by changing the corresponding textbox variable.

    Any questions, just let me know.

    Cheers!

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