SpeechBubbleUI and Text Animator integration problem

blablo_101 · May 16

Hi,
For my dialogues I am using SpeechBubbleUI and Text Mesh Pro instead of Adventure Creator’s interface.
I am also using Text Animator to add effects to the text.

But when I add an effect tag to the text, the scroll stops working, the text box appears empty, and the text pops up all at once after a while.
I think the time it takes is the same as it would take to display the text with the scroll.
Once it appears, the Text Animator effects and the Adventure Creator tags work fine.
With only AC <b and <i tags the scroll works perfect.
Video here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TyP3wLNb6FM3DSYNB0C-2U2GdBNdqGKJ/view?usp=sharing

To set this up, I followed the instructions from this post:
https://adventurecreator.org/forum/discussion/15687/text-animator-integration#latest

This is the script I am using:

    using UnityEngine;
    using AC;
    using TMPro;
    using Febucci.UI;

    public class TextAnimatorSpeech : MonoBehaviour
    {
        public Febucci.UI.TextAnimator_TMP textAnimator;

        private Speech activeSpeech;
        private void OnEnable() { EventManager.OnStartSpeech_Alt += StartSpeech; }
        private void OnDisable() { EventManager.OnStartSpeech_Alt -= StartSpeech; }

        private void StartSpeech(Speech speech)
        {
            activeSpeech = speech;
            textAnimator.GetComponent<TMPro.TextMeshProUGUI>().maxVisibleCharacters = 0;
            textAnimator.SetText(activeSpeech.FullText, false);
        }

        private void Update()
        {
            if (activeSpeech == null || !activeSpeech.isAlive) return;
            textAnimator.GetComponent<TMPro.TextMeshProUGUI>().maxVisibleCharacters = activeSpeech.CurrentCharIndex;
        }
    }

These are my settings:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1d5Taej2Mwqfna95dgKG3yB4lBB1_ubrx/view?usp=sharing

ChrisIceBox · May 16

With only AC <b and <i tags the scroll works perfect.

Is this to say such tags work with the same setup, i.e. the Text Animator component?

Can you share the raw text being used to display the speech in your example?

blablo_101 · May 19

This is the text im testing with:
<shake>Someone's</> there!? <shake>Hey</>, boy! TESTTEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST

In this one, without text animator tags, everything works as it should.
There's someone there! Hey, kid! TESTTEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST TEST.

ChrisIceBox · May 19

I don't know if </> is a shorthand in Text Animator, but try it with regular closing tags, i.e.:

<shake>Someone's</shake> there!? <shake>Hey</shake>, boy!   <b>TEST</b>TEST <i>TEST</i> TEST TEST TEST TEST

Remove the "/" entry from the Dialog component, too.

blablo_101 · May 20

With </shake> instead of </> and deleting "/" entry, the text is not displayed at any time.

ChrisIceBox · May 20

Recreated, thanks.

With three assets in the mix, it's not clear yet where the issue lies - but I will look into this.

blablo_101 · May 21

Ok thanks!

ChrisIceBox · May 22

Right, try this instead.

Update the Inspector with a reference to the Canvas, and - the Menu - check "Duplicate for each line" and remove the Label element that shows the subtitles.

Also remove the custom tags from the GameEngine's Dialog component.

using UnityEngine;
using AC;
using Febucci.UI;

public class TextAnimatorSpeech : MonoBehaviour
{
    public TextAnimator_TMP textAnimator;
    public Canvas canvas;
    private Speech activeSpeech;

    private void OnEnable() { EventManager.OnMenuTurnOn += OnMenuTurnOn; }
    private void OnDisable() { EventManager.OnMenuTurnOn -= OnMenuTurnOn; }

    private void OnMenuTurnOn(Menu menu, bool isInstant)
    {
        if (canvas && menu.RuntimeCanvas == canvas)
        {
            activeSpeech = menu.speech;
            textAnimator.GetComponent<TMPro.TextMeshProUGUI>().maxVisibleCharacters = 0;
            textAnimator.SetText(activeSpeech.OriginalText, false);
        }
    }

    private void Update()
    {
        if (activeSpeech == null || !activeSpeech.isAlive) return;
        textAnimator.GetComponent<TMPro.TextMeshProUGUI>().maxVisibleCharacters = activeSpeech.CurrentCharIndex;
    }

}

blablo_101 · May 23

Thanks Chris, it worked!

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