Disable Skipping in Messages

[modern algebra]

Disable Skipping in Messages
Version: 1.0
Author: modern algbera
Date: May 29, 2009

Version History

• <Version 1.0> 05.29.2009 - Original Release

Description

Basically, it allows you to set a code in a message that will make it so that the player cannot skip the message but has to wait for it to draw completely before going forward with the message.

Features

• Allows you to disable text-skipping with a simple message code
• Should be compatible with most other message scripts

Instructions

Place above Main and below other custom scripts. To disable text-skipping in a message, simply put \% anywhere in the message.

Script

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#==============================================================================
#  Disable Skipping Mod
#  Author: modern algebra (rmrk.net)
#  Extracted from Advanced Text System 2.0
#  http://rmrk.net/index.php/topic,25348.0.html
#++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
#  Description:
#
#    This little add-on allows the game maker to disable text skipping by the
#   user with the message code \%, placed anywhere in the message. It disallows
#   skipping only on a message to message basis, unlike in the ATS, which
#   toggles the ability to skip mid-message.
#==============================================================================
# ** Window Message
#++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
#  Summary of Changes:
#    aliased method - update_show_fast, start_message, finish_message
#    new method - ma_skip_disabled?
#==============================================================================

class Window_Message
 #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 # * Update Show Fast
 #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 alias modnbr_ext_ats_disbleskip_showfasr_67b5 update_show_fast
 def update_show_fast (*args)
   # Run Original Method
   modnbr_ext_ats_disbleskip_showfasr_67b5 (*args)
   # Disallow that type of show fast if skip disabled
   @show_fast = false if ma_skip_disabled?
 end
 #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 # * Start Message
 #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 alias modrnalg_atsextrctin_strtmsg_53b5 start_message
 def start_message (*args)
   # Run Original Method
   modrnalg_atsextrctin_strtmsg_53b5 (*args)
   if @text.gsub! (/\\%/) { "" } != nil
     @ma_skip_disabled = true
   end
 end
 #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 # * Finish Message
 #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 alias modalg_atsexion_dsblskp_fnsmsg_73b5 finish_message
 def finish_message (*args)
   # Run Original Message
   modalg_atsexion_dsblskp_fnsmsg_73b5 (*args)
   @ma_skip_disabled = false
 end
 #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 # * Skip Disabled?
 #~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 def ma_skip_disabled?
   @ma_skip_disabled = false if @ma_skip_disabled.nil?
   return @ma_skip_disabled
 end
end


Credit

• modern algebra

Thanks

• mirceacalarasu, for the request

Support

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Known Compatibility Issues

No known compatibility problems.

Author's Notes

This script is a feature extracted from my ATS. But, since it is a useful feature and not all people want an entire message system for one little feature, I decided to make it its own little script. It's not as functional as the one in the ATS since I didn't want to destroy your compatibility with all other message systems ever, and so I didn't directly modify the drawing loop. Basically, the one in the ATS allows you to disable and re-enable skipping mid-text, while this one you can only disable skipping for entire messages.

This script by modern algebra is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non-Commercial-Share Alike 2.5 Canada License.