A chat background is created and text[0] is displayed with a button created under it. The created button iterates thru text[] and finds the next one to display setting all others to inactive and the current one to active.
text[] can hold a GameObject with just a text block, or up to 4 buttons.
The code works fine and I just know that it needs a lot of improvement.
This is what the code looks like when being used in-game.
using UnityEngine;
using System.Collections;
using UnityEngine.UI;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System;
public class Dialogue {
//the ui of the game
static GameObject ui = GameObject.FindGameObjectWithTag ("Canvas");
//the ui's manager
static UIManager m = ui.GetComponent<UIManager> ();
//a list of gameobjects containing text and buttons
List<GameObject> text = new List<GameObject>();
//the 'press to continue' button
private GameObject cont = null;
//the currently displayed text[]
int currentlyDisplayed = -1;
//opens the chat display and creates the first text[0] and the continue buttons
public void displayChat(int npc){
var page = (GameObject)Resources.Load("Interfaces/Chat");
if (m.dia) {
Resources.UnloadUnusedAssets ();
return;
}
m.dia = (GameObject)m.instantiate (page);
m.dia.name = page.name;
m.dia.transform.SetParent(ui.transform);
m.dia.GetComponent<RectTransform> ().position = new Vector2(0f,145f);
m.dia.GetComponent<RectTransform> ().sizeDelta = new Vector2 (Screen.width/2,145);
text = (findText (npc));
displayText (0);
var b = CreateButton();
if (m.c) {
if (m.c.activeInHierarchy)
m.c.SetActive (false);
}
}
//displays text[displayed]
void displayText(int displayed){
currentlyDisplayed = displayed;
text[displayed].SetActive(true);
}
//iterates threw the text[] to display the next chat dialogue
void iterateText(){
for (int i = 0; i < text.Count; i++) {
if (text [i].activeInHierarchy) {
text [i].SetActive (false);
break;
}
}
currentlyDisplayed++;
if (currentlyDisplayed >= text.Count) {
m.closeChat ();
text.Clear ();
return;
}
text [currentlyDisplayed].SetActive (true);
if (text [currentlyDisplayed].name == "Text") {
if (cont) {
if(!cont.activeInHierarchy)
cont.SetActive (true);
}
}else if (text [currentlyDisplayed].name == "Button") {
if (cont) {
if(cont.activeInHierarchy)
cont.SetActive (false);
}
}
}
//finds what text should be displayed
List<GameObject> findText(int npc){
List<GameObject> t = new List<GameObject>();
switch(npc){
case 1:
t.Add(CreateText (m.dia.transform, (Screen.width/2)-35, 130, "There are times when you get suckered in ", 16, Color.white,true,false));
t.Add(CreateText (m.dia.transform, (Screen.width/2)-35, 130, "by drugs and alcohol and sex with women-mmkay.", 16, Color.white,true,false));
t.Add(CreateText (m.dia.transform, (Screen.width/2)-35, 130, "But its when you do these things too much.", 16, Color.white,true,false));
t.Add(CreateText (m.dia.transform, (Screen.width/2)-35, 130, "That you've become an adict and must get back in touch!", 16, Color.white,true,false));//
t.Add(CreateText (m.dia.transform, (Screen.width/2)-35, 130, "You can do it its all up to you mmmmmmmkay", 16, Color.white,true,false));
t.Add(CreateText (m.dia.transform, (Screen.width/2)-35, 130, "Mhmmmm", 16, Color.white,true,false));
t.Add(addOptions("button1",() => iterateText(),"button2",() => iterateText()));
t.Add(addOptions("button1",() => iterateText(),"button2",() => iterateText(),"button3",() => iterateText(),"button4",() => iterateText()));
t.Add(addOptions("button1",() => iterateText(),"button2",() => iterateText(),"button3",() => iterateText()));
t.Add(CreateText (m.dia.transform, (Screen.width/2)-35, 130, "Ha hahahaha hahahahaha", 16, Color.white,true,false));
break;
}
for(int i = 0; i<t.Count;i++){
t [i].SetActive (false);
}
return t;
}
//hex to color
Color HexToColor(string hex)
{
byte r = byte.Parse(hex.Substring(0,2), System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber);
byte g = byte.Parse(hex.Substring(2,2), System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber);
byte b = byte.Parse(hex.Substring(4,2), System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber);
return new Color32(r,g,b, 255);
}
//creates a button
private GameObject CreateButton(){
GameObject button = new GameObject("button");
RectTransform trans = button.AddComponent<RectTransform>();
trans.sizeDelta = new Vector2 ((Screen.width/2)-20, 25);
button.transform.SetParent (m.dia.transform);
button.transform.localPosition = new Vector2((button.gameObject.transform.parent.GetComponent<RectTransform>().sizeDelta.x/2),-126);
var b = button.AddComponent<Button> ();
var img = button.AddComponent<Image> ();
var nav = new Navigation ();
nav.mode = Navigation.Mode.None;
b.navigation = nav;
b.targetGraphic = img;
img.color = HexToColor ("F1D678FF");
var col = b.colors;
col.normalColor = Color.white;
b.colors = col;
var t = CreateText (b.transform, (Screen.width/2)-20, 25, "Click here to continue...", 14, Color.blue,false,false);
t.GetComponent<Text> ().alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;
b.onClick.AddListener(() => { iterateText(); });
button.tag = "Continue";
cont = button;
return button;
}
//adds 2 options
private GameObject addOptions(string one, Action fOne,string two, Action fTwo){
var parent = new GameObject ("Button");
parent.transform.SetParent (m.dia.transform);
CreateButton (one,() => fOne(),-22).transform.SetParent (parent.transform);
CreateButton (two,() => fTwo(),-48).transform.SetParent (parent.transform);
return parent;
}
//adds 3 options
private GameObject addOptions(string one, Action fOne,string two, Action fTwo,string three, Action fThree){
var parent = new GameObject ();
parent.transform.SetParent (m.dia.transform);
CreateButton (one,() => fOne(),-22).transform.SetParent (parent.transform);
CreateButton (two,() => fTwo(),-48).transform.SetParent (parent.transform);
CreateButton (three,() => fThree(),-74).transform.SetParent (parent.transform);
return parent;
}
//adds 4 options
private GameObject addOptions(string one, Action fOne,string two, Action fTwo,string three, Action fThree,string four, Action fFour){
var parent = new GameObject ();
parent.transform.SetParent (m.dia.transform);
CreateButton (one,() => fOne(),-22).transform.SetParent (parent.transform);
CreateButton (two,() => fTwo(),-48).transform.SetParent (parent.transform);
CreateButton (three,() => fThree(),-74).transform.SetParent (parent.transform);
CreateButton (four,() => fFour(),-100).transform.SetParent (parent.transform);
return parent;
}
//creates a button with custom name and function at a selected y
private GameObject CreateButton(string but1, Action function, int y){
GameObject button = new GameObject("button");
RectTransform trans = button.AddComponent<RectTransform>();
trans.sizeDelta = new Vector2 ((Screen.width/2)-20, 25);
button.transform.SetParent (m.dia.transform);
button.transform.localPosition = new Vector2((button.gameObject.transform.parent.GetComponent<RectTransform>().sizeDelta.x/2),y);
var b = button.AddComponent<Button> ();
var img = button.AddComponent<Image> ();
var nav = new Navigation ();
nav.mode = Navigation.Mode.None;
b.navigation = nav;
b.targetGraphic = img;
img.color = HexToColor ("F1D678FF");
var col = b.colors;
col.normalColor = Color.white;
b.colors = col;
var t = CreateText (b.transform, (Screen.width/2)-20, 25, but1, 14, Color.white,true,false);
t.GetComponent<Text> ().alignment = TextAnchor.MiddleCenter;
b.onClick.AddListener(() => { function(); });
return button;
}
private GameObject CreateText(Transform canvas_transform, float x, float y, string text_to_print, int font_size, Color text_color, bool shadow, bool outline)
{
GameObject UItextGO = new GameObject("Text");
UItextGO.transform.SetParent(canvas_transform);
RectTransform trans = UItextGO.AddComponent<RectTransform>();
trans.anchoredPosition = new Vector2(0, 0);
//trans.anchorMin = new Vector2(0,0);
//trans.anchorMax = new Vector2(1,1);
trans.sizeDelta = new Vector2 (x, y);
Text text = UItextGO.AddComponent<Text>();
if (outline) {
Outline o = UItextGO.AddComponent<Outline> ();
o.effectColor = Color.black;
}
if (shadow) {
Shadow s = UItextGO.AddComponent<Shadow> ();
s.effectColor = Color.black;
}
text.text = text_to_print;
text.fontSize = font_size;
text.color = text_color;
text.font = Resources.GetBuiltinResource (typeof(Font), "Arial.ttf") as Font;
return UItextGO;
}
}
This is how I initially call this file:
var d = new Dialogue ();
d.displayChat (1);
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