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#1 2009-07-25 22:28:24
Can you skip lines in a speech bubble?
I am making a game and I want to have the say block say something but I want it to skip a line when I want it to. Usually enter but that just confirms the change. I tried ctrl+enter doesn't work either. How can I get my speech bubble looking like this?
"Hi
Speech Bubble
Line3
Line4"
instead of
"Hi Speech Bubble
Line3 Line4"
??? for anyone wondering, i'm using the[blocks]<say[[/blocks] block
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#2 2009-07-25 22:33:06
- TimeFreeze
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Re: Can you skip lines in a speech bubble?
nope, you can't do that unfortunately...
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#3 2009-07-26 00:30:16
Re: Can you skip lines in a speech bubble?
You might be able to put spaces until you reach a new line. It would take some testing, but speech bubbles have a point where they separate what you type into lines.
Last edited by hmnwilson (2009-07-26 00:31:28)
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#5 2009-07-26 05:33:14
- Paddle2See
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Re: Can you skip lines in a speech bubble?
Well...I hesitate to bring it up, but there IS a way to do it. But it doesn't work online. If you still want to play with it here is how you can do it.
1. Make a list - You need a list to make the special character that does the trick
2. Make a new item in the list by clicking on the + sign and clicking in the item box
3. Hold down the Ctrl key and then press the Enter key. You should get an item that is two lines high
4. Delete any items that are only one line high leaving only the two line high item
5. Now, make a variable called CR and set the value of CR to your list. That will dump the special character into the CR variable. You can delete the list at this point, it has done it's job.
6. With the CR variable and the Join block, you can build up a text strings that have return characters in them!
I can make a demo if you would like...but it won't work online.
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