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A label which progressively shows characters, as if someone was typing.
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| ######################################################### | |
| # Basic Version | |
| ######################################################### | |
| extends Label | |
| var timer: Timer | |
| func _ready(): | |
| timer = Timer.new() | |
| timer.wait_time = 0.1 | |
| timer.autostart = true | |
| timer.connect("timeout", self, "timer_tick") | |
| visible_characters = 0 | |
| add_child(timer) | |
| timer.start() | |
| func timer_tick(): | |
| visible_characters += 1 | |
| if visible_characters >= text.length(): | |
| visible_characters = -1 | |
| timer.stop() | |
| ######################################################### | |
| # More advanced version with iterating messages | |
| ######################################################### | |
| extends Label | |
| var messages = [ | |
| "First Message", | |
| "Second One", | |
| "Third really really really long message which will type with same speed." | |
| ] | |
| var char_timer: Timer | |
| var message_timer: Timer | |
| var current_message_idx = 0 | |
| func _ready(): | |
| visible_characters = 0 | |
| text = messages[current_message_idx] | |
| # Timer to increment number of chars visible | |
| char_timer = Timer.new() | |
| add_child(char_timer) | |
| char_timer.wait_time = 0.1 | |
| char_timer.autostart = true | |
| char_timer.connect("timeout", self, "timer_tick") | |
| char_timer.start() | |
| # Timer to go to next message in messages list | |
| message_timer = Timer.new() | |
| add_child(message_timer) | |
| message_timer.wait_time = 2 | |
| message_timer.connect("timeout", self, "next_message") | |
| message_timer.one_shot = true | |
| func timer_tick(): | |
| visible_characters += 1 | |
| if visible_characters >= text.length(): | |
| visible_characters = -1 | |
| char_timer.stop() | |
| message_timer.start() | |
| func next_message(): | |
| current_message_idx += 1 | |
| if current_message_idx < messages.size(): | |
| visible_characters = 0 | |
| text = messages[current_message_idx] | |
| char_timer.start() |
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