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• ChrisIceBox

  October 2021

  Are you looking for help with repositioning the Hotspot label, or displaying additional "information"?

  You'll need to share mockups / screenshots to illustrate exactly what you're going for.
• jamesfootlight

  October 2021

  I would like to display information at the hotspot, but listed like dialogue, where i can use Variable: Run sequence if i needed, or set off an action list or cutscene, but the dialogue is not from a character per se, so not 'spoken', and appears in a designed box next to the hotspot on use or examine and disappears when the cursor moves away? Hope that make sense!
• ChrisIceBox

  October 2021

  You can hook into the OnHotspotSelect / OnHotspotDeselect events to e.g. turn on a menu. That menu could contain a Label element set to display a Global String variable, whose value is set by the script that hooks into the events before turning the menu on.
• jamesfootlight

  October 2021

  Are you able to get me started with a script for this? Would much appreciate it!
• ChrisIceBox

  October 2021

  I would need the details asked for above.
• jamesfootlight

  October 2021

  Sorry, which info? I tried to answer your comments from October 8 on oct 9 post
• ChrisIceBox

  October 2021

  You'll need to share mockups / screenshots to illustrate exactly what you're going for.
• jamesfootlight

  October 2021

  Here you go:

  https://www.dropbox.com/s/afbc5vl74g8czaz/Hotspot Option.pdf?dl=0
• ChrisIceBox

  October 2021

  The most convenient way to work with that behaviour is to rely on regular speech Actions in your Hotspot's Interaction. If you use a fake NPC for the speech text, you can limit this NPC's speech text to a specific menu.

  Having things close if the Player clicks/moves the cursor away can come later, but first create a separate Subtitles menu that is styled in the way you have above, set its Position type to Manual, and For speakers of type to Specific Characters Only, and then give it the name of your fake NPC.

  Create an NPC by this same name and keep them hidden from view, but reference this NPC in your Hotspot's speech Action(s).

  Also make sure to exlude this NPC from your regular Subtitles menu.

  To have the menu appear over the Hotspot when clicked, attach this script to the NPC and fill in its Inspector:

  using UnityEngine;
  using AC;
  
  public class SnapMenuToHotspot : MonoBehaviour
  {
  
      public string menuName;
  
      private void OnEnable () { EventManager.OnMenuTurnOn += OnMenuTurnOn; }
      private void OnDisable () { EventManager.OnMenuTurnOn -= OnMenuTurnOn; }
  
      private void OnMenuTurnOn (AC.Menu menu, bool isInstant)
      {
          if (menu.title == menuName)
          {
              Hotspot hotspot = KickStarter.playerInteraction.GetLastOrActiveHotspot ();
              if (hotspot)
              {
                  Vector2 screenPos = hotspot.GetIconScreenPosition ();
                  Vector2 screenPosition = new Vector2 (screenPos.x / ACScreen.width, 1f - (screenPos.y / ACScreen.height));
  
                  screenPosition = new Vector2 (screenPosition.x * ACScreen.width, (1f - screenPosition.y) * ACScreen.height);
                  menu.SetCentre (screenPosition);
              }
          }
      }
  
  }
  
• jamesfootlight

  October 2021

  ok, so this is currently not working, and I have followed the instructions above, but I have some questions:

  1. Keep NPC hidden - do you mean off screen, or is there an action I should use to 'hide' the npc in the scene?
  2. The speech is currently not over the hotspot
  3. My other Subtitles keep playing even though I have put the FakeNPC in the excluded list.

  See screenshots for detail.

  Thanks!

  https://www.dropbox.com/sh/67o1b3so3e9nglb/AAChB5ANKeXM7K3mgu9lDWgaa?dl=0
• ChrisIceBox

  October 2021

  Keep NPC hidden - do you mean off screen, or is there an action I should use to 'hide' the npc in the scene?

  It can be anywhere in the scene - just don't assign any graphics to it.

  The speech is currently not over the hotspot

  If you're using an AC menu, comment out the line:

  screenPosition = new Vector2 (screenPosition.x * ACScreen.width, (1f - screenPosition.y) * ACScreen.height);
  

  My other Subtitles keep playing even though I have put the FakeNPC in the excluded list.

  Remove the space in your "Character(s) to exclude" field.
• jamesfootlight

  October 2021

  Thanks, and if i want to offset the new hotspot box to the right or left of the hotspot how would i do that? Cheers Chris!
• ChrisIceBox

  October 2021

  using UnityEngine;
  using AC;
  
  public class SnapMenuToHotspot : MonoBehaviour
  {
  
      public string menuName;
      public Vector2 someOffset;
  
      private void OnEnable () { EventManager.OnMenuTurnOn += OnMenuTurnOn; }
      private void OnDisable () { EventManager.OnMenuTurnOn -= OnMenuTurnOn; }
  
      private void OnMenuTurnOn (AC.Menu menu, bool isInstant)
      {
          if (menu.title == menuName)
          {
              Hotspot hotspot = KickStarter.playerInteraction.GetLastOrActiveHotspot ();
              if (hotspot)
              {
                  Vector2 screenPos = hotspot.GetIconScreenPosition ();
                  Vector2 screenPosition = new Vector2 (screenPos.x / ACScreen.width, 1f - (screenPos.y / ACScreen.height));
  
                  screenPosition = new Vector2 (screenPosition.x * ACScreen.width, (1f - screenPosition.y) * ACScreen.height);
                  menu.SetCentre (screenPosition + someOffset);
              }
          }
      }
  
  }
  
• jamesfootlight

  October 2021

  Hi, having some more positioning issues with this after updating script, see screenshots below:

  https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yd1sal4r45eu05l/AABGFrj54bPWV2Wgy3FMtkLxa?dl=0
• ChrisIceBox

  October 2021

  Please don't crop your screenshots - I need to get the full picture.

  You will, however, need to uncomment the same line as before if you're not using Unity UI:

  screenPosition = new Vector2 (screenPosition.x * ACScreen.width, (1f - screenPosition.y) * ACScreen.height);
  
• jamesfootlight

  October 2021

  Thanks