Making Documents behave like Conversations
Hi Everybody,
Thanks in advance for any help on this! I'm running AC 1.83.0, making a 2D game, and I want my documents to behave like conversations, meaning blocking the player from being able to walk and interact with hotspots, or anything other than the Documents buttons, like ShiftLeft, Exit, etc.
I don't want to pause the game because I'd like the music to keep playing.
For "Conversations" there's an AC Setting: allow regular gameplay during Conversations? I leave it unchecked, and it prevents the player from doing anything other than choosing convo topics.
I can't find a similar setting or workaround for Document.
Again, thanks in advance for any help!
-J
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You can still have music play while the game is paused - just check the option for it in the "Music Storage" window when using the Sound: Play music Action.
However, you can also prevent the Player from moving and interacting at any time with the Engine: Manage systems Action. With this, you can disable the Movement and Interaction systems temporarily.
To have this occur while the Document menu is shown, you can assign ActionLists in the Menu's ActionList when turn on / off fields in the Menu Manager, and run this Action to disable these systems when it turns on, and re-enable when it turns off.
Thanks so much for the quick and helpful reply! As always, the solution was right in front of me. I should've caught that myself, but sometimes I get bogged down in details and miss the forest for the trees. Thanks again!