Auto typing animation for text ("typewriter" effect)
Animate text to simulate it being written one character at at time (a "typewriter" effect).
Authors and contributors to this community extension: Bouh, VictrisGames.
Animate text to simulate it being written one character at at time (a "typewriter" effect), with a customizable time between each character. Useful for dialogue scenes or visual novels.
How to use:
- Add the behavior to a Text object (BBText, Bitmap Text object) and choose the interval between characters.
Tips:
- Change the typing speed with the "Change interval" action.
- Pause the typing and resume it at any time.
- Use the "Skip to end of text" action to give users a way to skip text they don't want to read
- If the text changes, the automatic typing starts again from the beginning with the new text.
- Use a condition to check if the typing finished.
- Use a condition to check if a new text character was added. This is useful to trigger audio effects.
- Use the "CurrentCharacter" expression to know when a specific character was displayed.
The top-down RPG example uses this extension (open the project online).
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Auto typing text
Animate text to simulate it being written one character at at time (a "typewriter" effect).
Behavior actions
Time between characters
Change the time between characters being typed.
Jump to a specific position in the text
Jump to a specific position in the text. Positions start at "0" and increase by one for every character.
Pause auto typing
Pause animation auto typing.
Resume after pause
Resume auto typing after pause.
Skip to the end of the text
Skip to the end of the text.
Start at the beginning of the text
Start at the beginning of text.
Behavior conditions
New text character was just displayed
Detect when a new text character is displayed. Useful for triggering sound effects.
Auto typing finished
Execute actions when the auto typing text ends.
Typing on pause
Detect if the auto typing is on pause.
Behavior expressions
| Expression | Description | |
|---|---|---|
Object.BBText_AutoTyping::CurrentCharacter() |
Return the text character that was last displayed. | |
Object.BBText_AutoTyping::CurrentCharacterIndex() |
Return the index of the text character that was last displayed. |
Auto typing text
Animate text to simulate it being written one character at at time (a "typewriter" effect).
Behavior actions
Time between characters
Change the time between characters being typed.
Jump to a specific position in the text
Jump to a specific position in the text. Positions start at "0" and increase by one for every character.
Pause auto typing
Pause animation auto typing.
Resume after pause
Resume auto typing after pause.
Skip to the end of the text
Skip to the end of the text.
Start at the beginning of the text
Start at the beginning of text.
Behavior conditions
New text character was just displayed
Detect when a new text character is displayed. Useful for triggering sound effects.
Auto typing finished
Execute actions when the auto typing text ends.
Typing on pause
Detect if the auto typing is on pause.
Behavior expressions
| Expression | Description | |
|---|---|---|
Object.BitmapText_AutoTyping::CurrentCharacter() |
Return the text character that was last displayed. | |
Object.BitmapText_AutoTyping::CurrentCharacterIndex() |
Return the index of the text character that was last displayed. |
Auto typing text
Animate text to simulate it being written one character at at time (a "typewriter" effect).
Behavior actions
Time between characters
Change the time between characters being typed.
Jump to a specific position in the text
Jump to a specific position in the text. Positions start at "0" and increase by one for every character.
Pause auto typing
Pause animation auto typing.
Resume after pause
Resume auto typing after pause.
Skip to the end of the text
Skip to the end of the text.
Start at the beginning of the text
Start at the beginning of text.
Behavior conditions
New text character was just displayed
Detect when a new text character is displayed. Useful for triggering sound effects.
Auto typing finished
Execute actions when the auto typing text ends.
Typing on pause
Detect if the auto typing is on pause.
Behavior expressions
| Expression | Description | |
|---|---|---|
Object.Text_AutoTyping::CurrentCharacter() |
Return the text character that was last displayed. | |
Object.Text_AutoTyping::CurrentCharacterIndex() |
Return the index of the text character that was last displayed. |
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