Messages

If you haven't seen it, you need to watch the music video (the guys who made it went on to direct the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy movie):

https://youtu.be/GXRVX1AKAew

Through power of association it also made me think of this:

https://youtu.be/_2OcymYkkqI

Yup, merged.

What I want to happen:
1. Buddhist speaks, speech bubble appears
2. The sound sample 1 is over; delete this speech bubble, and create the second one; start the second bit of speech
3. When that's over, delete speechbubble, speech sample 2 has obviously stopped because it's non-blocking
4. Fade out screen

I'm not quite sure I understand this description. What do you mean that "speech sample 2 has obviously stopped because it's non-blocking"? Is the behavior you're after different in any way from normal speech behavior? (Show speech text and play speech clip, then show next speech text and next speech clip.)

but what is blocking/non-blocking?
Should I just write 'Wait(the length of time for the 2 speech samples)', and included it at the beginning/end of the block of code?

No, definitely not. But again, what do you mean "what is blocking/non-blocking"?

The speech bubbles are obviously ending early because they estimate a shorter amount of time to read the bubble than the speech sample has to end;

Well, if you're providing a voice clip it should be using the length of the clip automatically. In fact, it's not calculating anything, just displaying the speech bubble, then calling the AGS Character.Say() function with the speech clip ID as the line and waiting until it's finished.

I think I recall from testing your game before that these lines are extremely long, though. Like, around a minute or so? And you're using the LipSync module as well, right? I seem to remember that there is some limitation somewhere that they overflow (either somewhere in the modules or in AGS). I would first try cutting them down to a more reasonable length and see if that solves things.

Another thing you could test is to replace these SayBubble() calls with Say(). If you still have the problem then it's not an issue with the module.

I think I heard that Soylent Green was made by David Peoples.

The costume made me think African Queen too, but it's clearly Soylent Green.

As for being obscure, maybe it's a generational thing? I've not actually seen the movie either, but I must've seen hundreds of pop-culture references to it.

Thanks! Glad you find it useful.

I think it's more a matter of getting QueuedSpeech to work with this module (by calling SayBackgroundBubble() instead of SayBackground()).

To quickly replace all Say() calls with SayBubble() calls you can use Edit|Replace All… (Ctrl-Shift-E), but you have to be careful that it only changes those calls, not any string that includes "say", and only where you want it to (for example, not in the module itself). If you replace ".Say(" by ".SayBubble(" with Case Sensitive on, one script at a time, you should be relatively safe.

AGS 3.5 also has a new feature where you can designate a custom function to use instead of Say() in dialogs.

Nice pick with the Pet Shop Boys, Frighter. From my playlist today:

https://youtu.be/4DqGfIkxBxw

That's a Texas-sized 10-4! (Yes)

Ahem. Let me point out that there's a pretty big hint in the last picture.

How good was (is?) The Cure?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjvfIJstWeg

So good!

OK, no more excuses. We need that W, bro!

No, that's not a Canadian show. This ought to be a giveaway:

Aha, so not-Keanu is Jason "Russian mobster who gets killed by Detective Quinn on Dexter" Gedrick, while not-Mary-Louise is Melora "Jan on The Office" Hardin. Well then.

No?



Sort yourself out.

Is that Keanu Reeves and Mary-Louise Parker? I can't seem to find a movie they ever did together, or even a movie either of them did apart that this could be. So maybe it's not them?

I'll Guess A Walk in the Clouds just because of the airmen uniforms (?)

No, but it is a Canadian show.

I haven't even heard of that. Prequel for The New Pope?

No, why would you say that? 

I need a bit of relaxation...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_sJVazqw58

Silicon Valley