Vantha Posted May 17 Author Report Share Posted May 17 3 hours ago, Stan` said: I came across this a while ago, I have yet to try it out, but it looks fantastic. It's one of the things that I'd like to pick up or help with, if only I had more time. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowOfHassen Posted May 17 Report Share Posted May 17 On 15/05/2025 at 10:14 AM, Vantha said: If there's no clear tendency then I suggest to provide both options and leave it too up to campaign makers how and when to use them. Offhand, do both. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vantha Posted May 20 Author Report Share Posted May 20 On 17/05/2025 at 1:28 PM, ShadowOfHassen said: Offhand, do both. Alright, that's what I'll do, likely starting with the parchment overlay. There's some other stuff I have to finish first, but I will get to this soon. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vantha Posted June 13 Author Report Share Posted June 13 I need some help with naming. How should one instance of the story parchment overlay, text and image together, be called in the game? E.g. for the button tooltip: "Switch to the next/previous ______". Something like a "chapter", but shorter than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gurken Khan Posted June 13 Report Share Posted June 13 "page" or "paragraph"? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grautvornix Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 17 hours ago, Vantha said: I need some help with naming. How should one instance of the story parchment overlay, text and image together, be called in the game? E.g. for the button tooltip: "Switch to the next/previous ______". Something like a "chapter", but shorter than that. Some further possible names: Story Topic Page Subject Point Item Line Aspect Article Episode Saga Poem Epic (my favourite at the moment) Book (too large, but nice and short) An if you build it like the Iliad or an old Saga: Verse Line Saw that might be in ancient Greek στίχος (stichos) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grautvornix Posted June 14 Report Share Posted June 14 An issue may be to match the character and style of the text to that naming convention. If it was a "page", "item" or "point" then it would refer to more sober academic style, while naming it "epic","verse" or the like it would require a bit more stylish language. And that might need to be adapted to the respective subject and region, e.g. are we talking about something in ancient Greece or Rome, or in a Britannic, Indian, Persian or East Asian environment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vantha Posted June 14 Author Report Share Posted June 14 I will keep it general and go for just "page". It's not the 100% fitting term, but it's simple, and players will understand what it refers to. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vantha Posted August 29 Author Report Share Posted August 29 Good news, folks! https://gitea.wildfiregames.com/0ad/0ad/pulls/8318 Spoiler 5 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guerringuerrin Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 This is really nice work, @Vantha. Thanks! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grautvornix Posted August 29 Report Share Posted August 29 @VanthaVery well done! Thank you very much! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vantha Posted Sunday at 14:45 Author Report Share Posted Sunday at 14:45 I want to implement a system for unit speech/dialogue in cutscenes next, inspired by that mockup. Should I add a "next" button (to the bottom right probably) for the player to click through the dialogue themselves? Or always switch to the next line after a set amount of time, like a predefined cutscene? How do other games do it? It would of course be possible to provide both options and leave the choice up to campaign makers. Could that be worth it? Or would one option of those two be always be preferred anyway? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grautvornix Posted Sunday at 16:44 Report Share Posted Sunday at 16:44 My preference would a "next" button - just in case you are a bit distracted or it takes a bit longer to read, then you might miss that page. Also, if you introduce a preset timeout, there will be arguments both to reduce it and to increase it depending on whom you ask. Making that "next" a user decision avoids these discussions. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vantha Posted 5 hours ago Author Report Share Posted 5 hours ago Ok, I'll add a next button then. It might make sense to support maximum durations that each line is shown nonetheless; mainly for dialogue in time-critical points of scenarios, to prevent players from gaining an advantage by artificially stalling the game by just not closing the dialogue. At least I imagine it could help in some cases to better enforce a certain pace, in maps like Survival of the Fittest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Classic-Burger Posted 5 hours ago Report Share Posted 5 hours ago 14 minutes ago, Vantha said: Ok, I'll add a next button then. It might make sense to support maximum durations that each line is shown nonetheless; mainly for dialogue in time-critical points of scenarios, to prevent players from gaining an advantage by artificially stalling the game by just not closing the dialogue. At least I imagine it could help in some cases to better enforce a certain pace, in maps like Survival of the Fittest. I saw that Wraitii wrote you something about the events of Paradox games. I think it's fair to a trigger that gives a decision dialogue. This happened in Rome II especially in Divide Empire dlc. Events occur throughout the course of play of Imperator: Rome. There are a whole range of events in the game, which can result in positive, negative and mixed outcomes for a player's country. They can either take the form of a pop-up notification on the player's screen or may optionally appear in the Event Queue, and they might present a player with a choice between various options or simply inform the player that something has happened and let them understand the context and consequences. Events can be fired randomly as the result of a regular on action pulse or be triggered by an action, decision, mission, or as a followup to another event, possibly with time delays or from another country's actions. https://imperator.paradoxwikis.com/Events Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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