Module: GuiPortrait 1.00, by SSH
Display Sierra-style speech portraits on a GUI
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Author
Andrew MacCormack (SSH)
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Abstract
Work around AGS problem that the Sierra-style portrait appears
behind GUIs instead of in-front, by making it appear on a GUI.
Dependencies
AGS 3.02 or later, but may work with earlier versions
Functions
Character.GSay(String what, optional int view, optional int loop)
Says the text "what", with portrait on a GUI. Can also specify a
view, or view and loop, if you like, to use that view/loop for this
text only.
Configuration
To select the GUI used for portraits, either just call it gPortrait and
it wil be found automatically, or add Portrait_GUI=gMYGUI to your global
script game_start function.
To change the position of the portraits, you can adjust the variables
Portrait_Left_Indent, Portrait_Right_Indent and Portrait_Sierra_Y
although their default positions seem to match AGS's
Set Portrait_AutoFlip if you want the portaits to automatically flip
when they are on the left rather than the right. NB: This only works if
your view doesn't have transparency.
Example
// Say some stuff:
player.GSay("Read my lips... if you can!")
Caveats
Lip-synch not supported
Thinking views not supported
Revision History
1 Jul 08: v1.0 First release of GuiPortrait module
Licence
GuiPortrait AGS script module
Copyright (C) 2008 Andrew MacCormack
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licence, (see http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/scotland/ )
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start selling modified copies of this module.
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