From 1648171f0b830f17d972bc8c8be5fb0cab07a56f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cmod31 <yannik@vaporvee.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2023 22:25:49 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] typewriting effect in dialogue

---
 scenes/gui/dialog_bubble.tscn                 |  4 ++++
 .../dialogue-system/dialog_bubble.cs          | 22 ++++++++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scenes/gui/dialog_bubble.tscn b/scenes/gui/dialog_bubble.tscn
index 9fb8033..be9775e 100644
--- a/scenes/gui/dialog_bubble.tscn
+++ b/scenes/gui/dialog_bubble.tscn
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 script = ExtResource("1_5xn2c")
 metadata/_edit_use_anchors_ = true
 
+[node name="typewriter_timer" type="Timer" parent="."]
+wait_time = 0.05
+one_shot = true
+
 [node name="box" type="ColorRect" parent="."]
 anchors_preset = -1
 anchor_left = 0.083
diff --git a/src/scene-scripts/dialogue-system/dialog_bubble.cs b/src/scene-scripts/dialogue-system/dialog_bubble.cs
index 0c07f75..176881b 100644
--- a/src/scene-scripts/dialogue-system/dialog_bubble.cs
+++ b/src/scene-scripts/dialogue-system/dialog_bubble.cs
@@ -7,11 +7,13 @@ public partial class dialog_bubble : CanvasLayer
     public Variant parsedDlg;
     public ArrayList dlgLines = new ArrayList();
     public int dlgPointer = 0;
+    public RichTextLabel richText;
 
     public override void _Ready()
     {
+        richText = GetNode<RichTextLabel>("box/rich_text_label");
         dlgLines.Add("Hello! I'm a debug character and...");
-        dlgLines.Add("[center][b][wave amp=50 freq=15][rainbow]This is cool test text[/rainbow][/wave][/b][/center]");
+        dlgLines.Add("[center][b][wave amp=50 freq=15][rainbow]This is cool test text"); //bbcode gets counted to so typewrite effect takes decades //make a seperate variable without bbcode and count that instead 
     }
     public void GetDialog(string file, string title, Variant actor)
     {
@@ -26,15 +28,25 @@ public partial class dialog_bubble : CanvasLayer
         if (GetParent().Name == "player") GetParent<player>().allowMovement = true;
         Visible = false;
         dlgPointer = 0;
-        GetNode<RichTextLabel>("box/rich_text_label").Text = "";
+        richText.VisibleCharacters = -1;
         GetNode<Label>("box/name_label").Text = "???";
+        richText.Text = "";
     }
     public override void _Process(double delta)
     {
-        if (Input.IsActionJustPressed("ui_accept"))
+        if (richText.VisibleCharacters < richText.Text.Length && GetNode<Timer>("typewriter_timer").IsStopped())
         {
-            var textBlock = GetNode<RichTextLabel>("box/rich_text_label");
-            if (dlgPointer < dlgLines.Count && dlgLines[dlgPointer] is string) textBlock.Text = dlgLines[dlgPointer].ToString();
+            richText.VisibleCharacters++;
+            GetNode<Timer>("typewriter_timer").Start();
+        }
+        if (Input.IsActionJustPressed("ui_accept") && richText.VisibleCharacters == -1 | richText.Text.Length == richText.VisibleCharacters)
+        {
+            if (dlgPointer < dlgLines.Count && dlgLines[dlgPointer] is string)
+            {
+                richText.Text = dlgLines[dlgPointer].ToString();
+                richText.VisibleCharacters = 0;
+                GetNode<Timer>("typewriter_timer").Start();
+            }
             dlgPointer++;
         }
         if (dlgPointer > dlgLines.Count)