Chat Log UI Template - Suggestions / Work?
I've been wading into using the Disco-Elysium-style UI template provided on the Downloads page and it works quite well so far, but there are a few things it doesn't do that I'd love to see added at some point! Namely:
Being able to assign a separate color for speaker names / dialogue for lines that are previous in the log, making it possible to have the current line 'highlighted' by being in a brighter color.
Being able to have 'CONTINUE' and 'END' buttons at the end of every prompt in a fashion similar to Disco Elysium, with said buttons being made in Unity UI and assigned.
Incorporation of speaker portrait control into the script - right now I have to keep an AC 'subtitles' menu with just the portrait item, which isn't very clean. Portraits also disappear when Conversation options appear, and during 'narrator' events when no portrait should appear at all, it persists with a blank image instead. It would be great for all of this to be controllable.
Also - and this might be closer to a bug that Chris would want to take a look at - the way Conversation is incorporated into this script is not allowing for options to be chosen under Direct control. The first option is not highlighted the way it is in a regular AC Conversation menu, and I know it must be script related because when I unlock the regular AC conversation menu and allow it to appear, the first option is highlighted just fine as usual.
If anyone in the community is a coder and highly experienced in solving these kinds of issues, I'd be happy to compensate you for a few hours of your time! Just thought I would start here in case there is some interest in updating the package for all with some of these features.
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Thanks for the bug report - I'll look into it.
The Chat Log is effectively a single Text box. When options are shown, they're not displayed in regular UI Buttons, but as links embedded within the Text box itself.
I've updated the template with a "Direct Navigation" option that should allow for these links to be navigated with the Vertical and Submit inputs.
Sorry for the huge delay in saying thanks for this, Chris!